heretofore
/ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/ adverb C2- Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point. · We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.· He had more liberty now than he'd known heretofore.
- Previously within the present text; earlier herein. · heretofore referred to as· heretofore mentioned
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Miss Bingley was very deeply mortified by Darcy’s marriage; but as she thought it advisable to retain the right of visiting at Pemberley, she dropped all her resentment; was fonder than ever of Georgiana, almost as attentive to Darcy as heretofore, and paid off every arrear of civility to Elizabeth.
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