English dictionary

previously

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adverb

at an earlier time or formerly

adv.all

Examples
She had previously lived in Chicago.

He was previously president of a bank.

Better than anything previously proposed.

A previously unquestioned attitude.

Synonyms antecedently

Source: WordNet 3.0
Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan <i>previously</i> formed.

adverb

Source: webster1913