formerly

B2
US /ˈfɔɹmɚli/ UK /ˈfɔːməli/
adv Freq #14377

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    at some time in the past

    Xenia Robertson, formerly known as Xenia Isaamov, is from Ukraine.

  2. 2
    adv

    previously; once

    This ranch was formerly owned by slaveholders.

  3. 3
    adv

    at a previous time

Etymology

From former + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adv · at a previous time once
More aforeaforehandalreadyantecedentlybeforebeforehandbeforetimeereerenowerewhileerstwhileerstwhiles
Opposites
Word family
Related forms formersincetheretofore

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