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formerly

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for⋅mer⋅ly

  [fawr-mer-lee]
Use formerly in a Sentence
–adverb
1. in time past; in an earlier period or age; previously: a custom formerly observed.
2. Obsolete. in time just past; just now.
Origin:
1580–90; former 1 + -ly
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for·mer·ly   (fôr'mər-lē)   
adv.  At an earlier time; once.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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