[
UK
/pɹˈiːvɪəsli/
]
[ US /ˈpɹiviəsɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹiviəsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
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