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Definition of Formerly
1. Adverb. At a previous time. "She was a dancer 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
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. ..."