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for·mer·ly  (fôrmr-l)
adv.
At an earlier time; once.

formerly [ˈfɔːməlɪ]
adv
1. at or in a former time; in the past
2. Obsolete in the immediate past; just now
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.formerly - at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

formerly
adverb previously, earlier, in the past, at one time, before, lately, once, already, heretofore, aforetime (archaic) He had formerly been in the Navy.
Translations
formerly [ˈfɔːməlɪ] ADVantiguamente

formerly [ˈfɔːrrli] advautrefois
former pupil nancien(ne) élève mf
form feed n (on printer)alimentation f en papier

formerly
advfrüher; she was more talkative than formerlysie war gesprächiger als sonst or vorher; the formerly communist countriesdie ehemals kommunistischen Länder; the formerly busy officedas früher so geschäftige Büro; we had formerly agreed that …wir hatten uns seinerzeit darauf geeinigt, dass …

formerly [ˈfɔːməlɪ] advin passato, precedentemente
formerly [ˈfɔːməlɪ] advin passato, precedentemente

formerly سابقاَ dříve før i tiden früher άλλοτε anteriormente aiemmin anciennement nekada precedentemente 以前は 이전에는 vroeger før i tiden przedtem anteriormente прежде förut เมื่อก่อนนี้ önceki trước đây 从前


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His work, both on the land and on the book, in which the principles of the new land system were to be laid down, had not been abandoned; but just as formerly these pursuits and ideas had seemed to him petty and trivial in comparison with the darkness that overspread all life, now they seemed as unimportant and petty in comparison with the life that lay before him suffused with the brilliant light of happiness.
They are ready enough to be your soldiers whilst you do not make war, but if war comes they take themselves off or run from the foe; which I should have little trouble to prove, for the ruin of Italy has been caused by nothing else than by resting all her hopes for many years on mercenaries, and although they formerly made some display and appeared valiant amongst themselves, yet when the foreigners came they showed what they were.
Be so good, landlord, as not to swear, but remember this: cats were formerly considered, in India, as sacred animals.
 
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