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Another word for formerly

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formerly

modif.

before now, some time ago, once, in the past, once upon a time, already, in former times, previously, earlier, time out of mind, in the early days, centuries ago, eons ago, anciently, in the old days, in olden times, used to be, long ago, before this, in time past, in days gone by, in days of yore, heretofore, a while back*, way back when*, in Grandfather's time*, in Grandmother's time*.

Antonyms now*, subsequently, immediately.

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Another word for formerly

adverb

At a time in the past:

already, before, earlier, erstwhile, once, previously. (Archaic) aforetime, beforetime. See precede

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Sea-elephants and fur-seals were formerly plentiful.
Formerly he had feared the end.
The hunters were formerly a numerous and merry crew here.
Formerly giraffes were found in large herds, but persecution has reduced their number and led to their extermination from many districts.
Its geographical range was formerly very extensive, and included Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Transylvania, Galicia, the Caucasus as far as the Caspian, southern Russia, Italy, Spain, Greece, Rumania, Bulgaria, Servia, and portions of central and northern Asia.

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