Synonyms:
previously, antecedently
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
The jars for this purpose should not have been previously used for pickles.
A few days previously Pierre had decided to go to Petersburg on the Friday.
Previously he had never felt obliged to wrestle too seriously with this question.
Let him then open his eyes and see if he can indicate the object he had previously held.
The homeward route was through most of the country over which they had previously traveled.
All my previously obtained results in practice, testify to the correctness of this statement.
As they entered Blake was sitting exactly as Quinton had left him an hour and a half previously.
This completes the history of the first war, which occupied the whole of the ten years previously.
Then he fitted the new paper pattern with the one he had previously made--the two were exactly alike.
"I went Christmas shopping yesterday without having previously trained for it, and this is the result.