formerly

formerly

English

Etymology

former +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹmɚli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːməli/

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• Homophone: formally (nonrhotic accents)

Adverb

formerly (not comparable)

1. at some time in the past
2. previously; once

Translations

at some time in the past

Bashkir: борон (boron), элек (elek) Bulgarian: преди (bg) (predi), в миналото (v minaloto) Catalan: anteriorment (ca) Czech: dříve (cs), kdysi (cs) Esperanto: antaŭe Finnish: aiemmin (fi) French: auparavant (fr), autrefois (fr), anciennement (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: früher (de), ehemals (de) Greek: πρώην (el) (próin) Japanese: 旧来 (kyūrai) Khmer: អតីត (km) (ʾaʾtɨt) Kurdish: Sorani: جاران‎ (ku) (caran)

Latin: anteā Mandarin: 以前 (zh) (yǐqián) Maori: irāmata, inamata Navajo: ałkʼidą́ą́ʼ Norwegian: Bokmål: tidligere (no) Polish: przedtem (pl), na przodzie Portuguese: antigamente (pt) Russian: пре́жде (ru) (préžde) Scottish Gaelic: roimhe Spanish: anteriormente (es), otrora (es) Swedish: fordom (sv) Turkish: eskiden (tr)

previously; once

Bashkir: борон (boron), элек (elek), (once) ҡасандыр (qasandïr) Bulgarian: някога (bg) (njakoga), преди (bg) (predi) Czech: dříve (cs) Esperanto: antaŭe Finnish: aiemmin (fi), kerran (fi) Georgian: please add this translation if you can Greek: προηγούμενος (el) (proïgoúmenos), προηγουμένως (el) (proïgouménos) Ancient: πρίν (prín)

Kurdish: Sorani: له‌مه‌و پێش‎ (ku) (lemew pêş) Latin: quondam Norwegian: Bokmål: tidligere (no) Portuguese: antes (pt) Scottish Gaelic: roimhe Spanish: antes (es), otrora (es)