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[ fawr -mer-lee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfɔr mər li / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb in time past; in an earlier period or age; previously: a custom formerly observed.
Obsolete . in time just past; just now.
Origin of formerly First recorded in 1580–90; former1 + -ly
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH formerly formally, formerly Words nearby formerly form drag, forme, formée, forme fruste, former, formerly , form factor, formfitting, formful, form genus, formic
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Example sentences from the Web for formerly Retired Det. Tom Nerney, formerly of the NYPD Major Case Squad, investigated Shakur.
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Gaidar, formerly the vice governor of the Kirov Region, now educates people about how to deal with authorities.
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Donetsk, formerly a make-believe republic, is turning into a little neo-Soviet state.
East Ukraine: Back in the USSR | Jamie Dettmer| November 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Presumably, while our formerly sad animated heroine picks daisies in her garden (and it is almost always hers, not his).
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Before the war there was an average annual export of about 2,000 animals; but there is now a better local market than formerly .
Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products | William Bevan
One great bug bear of the prairies was formerly the scarcity of timber.
The History of Peru | Henry S. Beebe
Slate quarries and copper and tin mines were formerly valuable.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 | Various
It was remarkable, too, how he kept up his interest in subjects at which he had formerly worked.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) | Charles Darwin
His ambition and his simple personal successes had formerly distracted him from the sentiments which madame de Rnal had inspired.
The Red and the Black | Stendhal
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British Dictionary definitions for formerly adverb at or in a former time; in the past
obsolete in the immediate past; just now
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Words related to formerly heretofore, already, earlier, once, erstwhile, back, before, lately, radically, anciently, a while back, aforetime, at one time, erewhile, long ago, of old, once upon a time, time was