previously

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   First

   First; beforehand, in advance.

   • I must, however, previously remark, that the power of generalizing ideas, to any great extent, is not very common amongst men or women.
2. 2

   At an earlier time

   At an earlier time; already.

   • The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
   • Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.
   • In the lawsuit, Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sex with a “large amount of people,” some of whom had not previously been named including New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson […].
3. 3

   Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.

The neighborhood

• neighborbefore
• neighborprevious
• neighborprior
• neighboryesteryear