previously Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb at an earlier time or formerly
    antecedently.
    • she had previously lived in Chicago
    • he was previously president of a bank
    • better than anything previously proposed
    • a previously unquestioned attitude
    • antecedently arranged

WordNet


Pre"vi*ous*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.

Webster 1913