previously
The position of our formerly illegal workers has now been regularized.
The artist formerly known as Prince.
The building was formerly used as a bank, but is now being turned into a bar.
The house was formerly owned by the local council.
Many formerly radical students now work for the government.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

In the past
ago
any moreidiom
anymore
back in the dayidiom
back thenidiom
clock
departed
dim
flood
mist
moon
more
no longeridiom
non-current
rewind the clockidiom
sometime
step
step back (in time)idiom
the mists of timeidiom
the status quo ante

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Before, after and already

formerly | American Dictionary

formerly
adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˈfɔr·mər·li/
before the present time or in the past:
Formerly, he had gone regularly to Europe, but now he seldom traveled.

formerly | Business English

formerly
adverb
uk /ˈfɔːməli/us
in the past:
Two companies formerly traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market began NYSE trading this week.

Examples of formerly

formerly
The majority also agreed that they gained a new appreciation of life and the relationships they had formerly taken for granted.
On the other hand, systems originating in the metropolis extended further and more effectively into formerly rural areas.
They addressed him formerly and would stand silently before him waiting until he granted permission to speak.
This consciousness is potentially liberating and allows for the use of knowledge in ways that were not formerly accessible.
Ordinances like these were designed to crack down on secret societies, which were formerly used as a means of signaling credibility that enabled exchange.
In both studies, however, parents rated their formerly colicky children as more emotional or difficult.
Neo-liberal globalization is said to have homogenizing effects on formerly regionally specific capitalist forms.
Mechanical reproduction may unveil hidden aspects of the original and take the copy to formerly inaccessible places.
By the mid-1970s a resurgent new right was breeding a much more aggressive ' defence ' of the formerly largely indefensible.
But these groups, which already existed formerly, had never managed to hold their own against the enormous tide of violence.
For that matter, formerly existing items also may be perceptually isolated, despite the fact that they no longer exist.
Those who formerly followed clerical authorities unquestioningly are raising their independent voices and demanding to be heard.
Many were formerly employed in caring-related professions such as nursing, social work and teaching.
In such localities the fly is found in as great numbers as formerly, and they bite as freely.
Having formerly run a club for divorced and separated people, she now continued in the informal role of counsellor.
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