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Definition of Onetime
1. Adjective. Belonging to some prior time. "Her quondam lover"
Definition of Onetime
1. Adjective. Former. ¹
2. Adjective. For a single instance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Onetime
1. former [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onetime
Literary usage of Onetime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"... since at onetime, when a famine happened, they came as far up the country as
to the settlement called Magdalena: the others are called Pampas ..."
2. The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Comprising Original Anecdotes of Many by James Northcote (1819)
"At onetime he kept a very fine eagle which was chained to its perch in the back
area of the house : when this bird died, I took the body and suspended ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb (1816)
"ti«m. He may become indolent if he be not unfortunately so by nature. Ai pride
li »onetime» hid under humility, ..."
4. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, a Classical Dictionary, Containing a Copious by John Lemprière, William Park (1852)
"... at onetime a republic independent of Argon, t<> which it had been subject at
the time uf the Trojan expedition. Its ruins are to " see» near ..."
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