anciently

How to use anciently in a sentence

• anciently, indeed, what had been lavishly given was not seldom violently taken away.

  The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay

• On the other hand it is asserted that only the priests were anciently distinguished in Egypt by this custom.

  A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

• The answer suggested is that there were anciently seven strings, and that Terpander left out the Trit and added the Nt.

  The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro

• The city was anciently built about the Athenæum, which is now beyond the city, at the (fountain) Hypelæus.

  The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) | Strabo

• anciently the Magnetes were utterly extirpated by Treres, a Cimmerian tribe, who for a long period made successful inroads.

  The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) | Strabo