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formerly, adv.|ˈfɔːməlɪ|
[f. former a. + -ly2.]
†1. Before another or something else; first, beforehand. Obs.
1596Spenser F.Q. vi. i. 38 Calidore..Nimbler handed Preuented him before his stroke could light And on the helmet smote him formerlye. c1645Howell Lett. (1655) IV. xi. 29 If I had not formerly read the Barons Wars in England, I had more admir'd that of the Liguers in France.
2. In former days, at some past time.
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. 181 Requiring for the visiting no more then formerly they were accustomed to pay at their first comming. 1607Shakes. Cor. iv. i. 53 You shall Heare from me still, and neuer of me ought But what is like me formerly. 1674Martiniere Voy. N. Countries 58 After supper we went to our lodging, which as formerly was upon Bear-skin spread upon the floor. 1709Steele & Addison Tatler No. 114 ⁋1, I had formerly conversed with him at this House. 1856Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. i. 5 We were sensible that we were not what we had been formerly. 1857Buckle Civiliz. I. xi. 626 The superstitious reverence with which kings were formerly regarded is extinct.
†3. A little time before, just now. Obs.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. xii. 67 Her faire locks, which formerly were bownd Up in one knott, she low adowne did lose. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iv. i. 362. 1665 Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 681 They who had formerly gone out of the Battel, to be refreshed and comforted, came in again. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece iv. iv. (1715) 194 As has been formerly observed. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxxii, Those..whom I formerly rebuked with such sharpness. |