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formerly
Part of speech: Adverb Usage examples "formerly":- She felt more interested in Charmian than she had ever felt before, and disliked her, in consequence, much more than formerly. - "The Way of Ambition", Robert Hichens.
- It was formerly thought that the rotation of the original mass had by degrees caused a number of rings of different dimensions to be separated from the central part, the material of which rings in time collected into single planets. - "The Story of the Heavens", Robert Stawell Ball.
- They lived together happily for many years, and had for their maid- servant the younger woman, who had been formerly his best beloved. - "Folk-Tales of Bengal", Lal Behari Day.