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formerly (iou)



formerly adverb. L16.
[from FORMER adjective + -LY2.]
Before another or something else; first. L16-M17.
At some past time, in former days. L16.
E. Waugh Now..he found a naughty relish in what he had formerly shunned.
A short time ago, just now. L16-M18.