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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At a previous time
Example:
she was a dancer once
Synonyms:
at one time; erst; erstwhile; formerly; once
Classified under:
Context examples:
A disease formerly considered a form of interstitial pneumonia.
(Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia, NCI Thesaurus)
They were formerly used as toxicants and vesicants, but now function as antineoplastic agents.
(Nitrogen Mustard Compound, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans.
(Phencyclidine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
I had sagacity enough to discover that the unnatural hideousness of my person was the chief object of horror with those who had formerly beheld me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The Herding Group members were formerly members of the Working Group.
(Herding Breed, NCI Thesaurus)
These were formerly called the Australia antigen.
(Hepatitis B Virus HBsAg Surface Protein Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)
Dibromochloropropane is a formerly known pesticide that was used as a soil fumigant and nematocide on crops, and is currently only used as an intermediate in organic synthesis and as a research chemical.
(Dibromochloropropane, NCI Thesaurus)
An arsenic-containing agent formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
(Dichlorophenarsine, NCI Thesaurus)
A hydrochloride salt form of dichlorophenarsine, an arsenic-containing agent formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
(Dichlorophenarsine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
You were not formerly, I know.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
