previously
/ˈpɹivi.əsli/ adverb B2- At an earlier time; already. · The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
- Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.
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There could be no doubt that all had been calculated and previously arranged; Monte Cristo then was in league with his father’s enemies.
When he presented himself at the gate the porter informed him that the Count had gone out about half an hour previously.
The two coffins were placed on trestles previously prepared for their reception in the right-hand crypt belonging to the Saint-Méran family.
Two days previously, the article had appeared in another paper besides l’Impartial, and, what was more serious, one that was well known as a government paper.
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