previously adv : at an earlier time or formerly; "she had previously lived in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank"; "better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged" [syn: antecedently]

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Adverb

previously

1. At an earlier time.

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See also

• previous
• prior
• before
• yester year

aforetime, already, at one time, before, before all, before now, beforehand, beforetime, earlier, early, ere, ere then, erenow, erewhile, erst, erstwhile, formerly, heretofore, historically, hitherto, in olden times, in the past, in times past, once, only yesterday, or ever, prehistorically, priorly, recently, some time ago, then, theretofore, whilom, yesterday, yet