Definition of At one time

1. Adverb. Simultaneously. "He took three cookies at a time"

Exact synonyms: At A Time, At Once

2. Adverb. At a previous time. "She was a dancer once"
Exact synonyms: Erst, Erstwhile, Formerly, Once

Definition of At one time

1. Adverb. formerly ¹

2. Adverb. simultaneously ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of At One Time

at leisure
at leisure(p)
at length
at liberty(p)
at loggerheads
at long last
at loose ends
at most
at night
at no time
at odds
at odds(p)
at once
at one
at one's fingertips
at one time (current term)
at one with
at pains
at peace
at peace(p)
at peace with
at present
at random
at rest
at rest(a)
at rest(p)
at school
at sea
at sea(p)
at sight

Literary usage of At one time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"After the disgrace of Cardinal Granvelle, Мог remained in Spain for a while, and the following portraits belong to this period of his was at one time the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"... vindicta was probably the oldest and, at one time, the only mode of manumission. It is mentioned by Livy (ii. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1877)
"All orders of $25 at wholesale prices, at one time, will be sold at prices on our No. 1 Wholesale Price-List, net cash. All Orders of $1OO at wholesale ..."

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