formerly meaning

Adverb: formerly  formurlee

1. At a previous time
   - once, at one time, erstwhile [archaic], erst [archaic], sometime [archaic]

Sounds like: formally

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1. fewer people study latin today than formerly.
2. bulls were formerly dated by locality.
3. formerly here was a heap of ruins.
4. formerly melville had been an ardent democrat.
5. i suppose it might have been formerly her mother's.