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Pronunciation
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- /ˈfɔːməli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfɔɹmɚli/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English former Middle English -ly English -ly English formerly From former + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) at some time in the past
Xenia Robertson, formerly known as Xenia Isaamov, is from Ukraine.
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(not-comparable) previously; once
This ranch was formerly owned by slaveholders.
Antonyms
Deriveds
Hyponyms
yestereve · yesterday · one day · yesteryear · yesterevening · the night before last · yester · yestersol · yesternight · ereyesterday · hitherto · yestern · last night · long ago · recently
Relateds
since · theretofore · former
Synonyms
in advance · beforetime · aforehand · yestertide · therebefore · afore · beforehand · before · once · erstwhiles · in the past · precedently · yet · already · erstwhile · erenow · whilere · yestertime · at one time · ere · antecedently · foretime · whilom · sometimes · sometime · erewhile · late · while · at one time · previously · formerly
Translations (84)
gd roimhe (previously; once) · pl dawniej (at some time in the past) · es otrora (previously; once) · km អតីត (at some time in the past) · ja かつて (previously; once) · ckb جاران (at some time in the past) · gd roimhe (at some time in the past) · es otrora (at some time in the past) · ca anteriorment (at some time in the past) · es antiguamente (at some time in the past) · cs dříve (at some time in the past) · fr autrefois (at some time in the past) · tr zamanında (previously; once) · es antiguamente (previously; once) · da tidligere (at some time in the past) · tr eskiden (previously; once) · ru не́когда (at some time in the past) · ar كَانَ (at some time in the past) · bg преди (previously; once) · ba борон (previously; once) · ba борон (at some time in the past) · tr bir zaman (previously; once) · bg в миналото (at some time in the past) · ckb لەمەو پێش (previously; once) · da fordum (at some time in the past) · ang ǣror (previously; once) · ru пре́жде (at some time in the past) · el πρώην (at some time in the past) · tr zamanında (at some time in the past) · cmn 以前 (at some time in the past) · da forhen (at some time in the past) · ug بالدۇر (at some time in the past) · tr eskiden (at some time in the past) · tr önceden (at some time in the past) · pl wcześniej (at some time in the past) · la quondam (previously; once) · ja 旧来 (at some time in the past) · fi aiemmin (at some time in the past) · sa पुरा (at some time in the past) · mi irāmata (at some time in the past) · my ယခင် (at some time in the past) · de ehemals (at some time in the past) · el προηγουμένως (previously; once) · de früher (at some time in the past) · ru когда́-то (at some time in the past) · fi kerran (previously; once) · tr bir zamanlar (previously; once) · pt antigamente (at some time in the past) · da tidligere (previously; once) · grc πρίν (previously; once) · fi aiemmin (previously; once) · cs kdysi (at some time in the past) · nv ałkʼidą́ą́ʼ (at some time in the past) · tr bir zaman (at some time in the past) · nb tidligere (at some time in the past) · fr anciennement (at some time in the past) · nb tidligere (previously; once) · bg някога (previously; once) · el προηγούμενος (previously; once) · ang ǣror (at some time in the past) · ba элек (at some time in the past) · mi inamata (at some time in the past) · pl przedtem (at some time in the past) · es anteriormente (previously; once) · la anteā (at some time in the past) · cs dříve (previously; once) · sv fordom (previously; once) · ba ҡасандыр (previously; once) · tr önceden (previously; once) · es antaño (previously; once) · he לַשְׁעָבַר (at some time in the past) · eo antaŭe (at some time in the past) · gmh wīlen (at some time in the past) · es anteriormente (at some time in the past) · fr auparavant (at some time in the past) · sv fordom (at some time in the past) · pt antes (previously; once) · ka წინათ (at some time in the past) · es antaño (at some time in the past) · eo antaŭe (previously; once) · ba элек (previously; once) · ug بالدۇر (previously; once) · bg преди (at some time in the past) · pl kiedyś (at some time in the past)