Definition of Formerly

1. Adverb. At a previous time. "She was a dancer once"

Exact synonyms: At One Time, Erst, Erstwhile, Once

Definition of Formerly

1. adv. In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.

Definition of Formerly

1. Adverb. at some time in the past ¹

2. Adverb. previously; once ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Formerly

1. previously [adv] - See also: previously

Lexicographical Neighbors of Formerly

forme
forme fruste
formed
formed visual hallucination
formedness
formedon
formedons
formee
formell
formelt
former
former(a)
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
formeret
formerets
formerly (current term)
formers
formes
formestane
formeth
formfeed
formfeeds
formfilling
formfitting
formful
formiate
formiates
formic
formic acid
formic aldehyde

Literary usage of Formerly

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

1. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, American peace society, Algernon Sidney Crapsey, Ernest Howard Crosby, W. Evans Darby, John Hyde De Forest, Charles Edward Jefferson, Augustine Jones, Mrs. L. J. Mead, J. H. Ral (1891)
"Gilibert de Monasterio formerly held; and seventeen and a half acres which the said Thomas de Winton formerly farmed of the grantor as they are named in a ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"He was one of the Secretaries of the Philosophical Society and was formerly Corresponding Secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences. ..."

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