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[ adverb ] at an earlier time or formerly

Synonyms

antecedently

Examples

"she had previously lived in Chicago" "he was previously president of a bank" "better than anything previously proposed" "a previously unquestioned attitude" "antecedently arranged"

Used in print

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

Scarcity of paper caused many Southerners to adopt the practice of cross writing , i._e. , after writing from left to right of the page in the usual manner , they gave the sheet a half turn and wrote from end to end across the lines previously written .

(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)

I granted this might be so , but found the result to be even more attention to form than was the case previously .

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

Is n't it a_bit odd that the three states of Southern New_England ( Massachusetts , Connecticut , and Rhode_Island ) have had state institutions of university status only in the very recent past , these institutions having previously been A_+_M_colleges ?

(1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)

These data are not of the precision obtainable by the methods previously mentioned , but the vast number of approximate values available will be useful in many areas .

(Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)

Whoever , in the United_States or elsewhere , pays or offers to pay , or promises to pay , or receives on_account_of services rendered or to be rendered in connection with any such claim , compensation which , when added to any amount previously paid on_account_of such services , will exceed the amount of fees so determined by the Commission , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor , and , upon conviction thereof , shall be fined not more_than $ 5000 or imprisoned not more_than twelve months , or both , and if any such payment shall have been made or granted , the Commission shall take such action as may be necessary to recover the same , and , in_addition thereto , any such person shall forfeit all rights under this title .

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