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Meanings of formerly in English

Portuguese
antigamente

At a previous time;

antigamente

At a time in the past.

Usage of formerly in English
1
Science, formerly the slave of industry, became the free colleague of wisdom.
Star Maker
2
Meanwhile, formerly suspended Opposition MP Pio Tikoduadua has now returned to work.
Radio NZ
3
FSI, formerly known as First State Investments, and Rothschild declined to comment.
Reuters
4
He was formerly European chief financial officer with Wilshire Financial Services Group.
The Irish Times
5
The cowyards in many districts were formerly in a very dilapidated condition.
Hodge and His Masters
6
Several monuments formerly in this chapel are now elsewhere in the church.
The Churches of Coventry: A Short History of the City & Its Medi...
7
That has shifted the formerly even-handed EU consensus into the American camp.
The Guardian
8
That she has formerly been in a yielding or plastic condition; 2.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
9
The relation was formerly a severely simple one-thecapitalist owned the laborer.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays / 1909
10
He read avidly by himself now; but talked much less than formerly.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
11
It has also improved the wellbeing of thousands of formerly homeless people.
The Irish Times
12
Ovid was formerly my master; it is now the turn of Locke.
The Women of the French Salons
13
Britain has long had tense ties with Zimbabwe, formerly a British colony.
Reuters
14
It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.
The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B
15
He formerly lived at Shirley; it was the Byrd patrimony for generations.
Princess
16
You and I have formerly seen warm debates and high political passions.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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Formerly through the time
Formerly across language varieties
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