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previously

[ UK /pɹˈiːvɪəsli/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹiviəsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. at an earlier time or formerly
    a previously unquestioned attitude
    better than anything previously proposed
    she had previously lived in Chicago
    antecedently arranged
    he was previously president of a bank

How To Use previously In A Sentence

  • The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
  • The unicity is run by Johannesburg's first-ever executive mayor - previously the mayor was a largely ceremonial position.
  • Sifting through the reports logged in the last couple of weeks, he came across a tale that had previously gone unread. EVERVILLE
  • The diagnosis of acute or chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer was determined using previously established criteria that incorporated symptoms, radiology, pathology, and serology.
  • My fellow countrymen were killing and harming each other in ways that I previously could not have fathomed. Soiya Gecaga: Being the Change That I Wish To See In the World
  • He had previously undergone insertion of a gold weight into the left upper eyelid.
  • The crash has previously been blamed on technical faults and human error. The Sun
  • By 1939, it had 30 British bakeries and introduced low-price tea biscuits, previously a luxury only afforded by the middle classes.
  • She was previously editorial and production assistant at Product Communication, in London.
  • First, investors have moved back into equities from their previously cautious positions in less risky bonds. Times, Sunday Times
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