Synonyms for formerly
ˈfɔr mər lifor·mer·ly

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1. once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erstadverb

   at a previous time

   "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

   Synonyms:
   at once, erst, at one time, erstwhile, at a time, one time, in one case, once

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1. formerlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   heretofore, anciently, aforetime, of old, in times past, in days of yore, long ago, in past ages

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1. formerlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   heretofore, aforetime

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1. List of paraphrases for "formerly":

   previously, formely, earlier, former, before, once, above, originally, prior

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1. Thomas Hobbes:

   Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.

2. Pavel Laberko:

   Companies that produce meat, fruit and other food have a unique opportunity to grow their operations as imports are restricted by Russia's so-called anti-sanctions, similarly, local producers of oil field equipment have a chance to try to develop their analogues of formerly imported products, now that the sanctions are here to stay for an extended period.

3. Ken Leslie:

   Thanks to so many Americans who care, it thrills us to know that over 2,100 formerly homeless veterans in 18 states will be able to honor their fallen comrades this Memorial Day in a place called home.

4. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil:

   What a time experiences as evil, is usually an untimely echo of what was formerly experienced as good--the atavism of a more ancient ideal.

5. Paul Dergarabedian:

   Perhaps though the secret sauce is the PG rating that enables such films to have mass appeal and offer appropriate content for everyone one from the smaller kids of age 5 and 6 to teenagers, college-age adults, people of middle age and even seniors, what was formerly an uncool rating has now become the hottest rating this year and has powered some of the most successful movies in 2016.