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antiently

antiently is the obsolete form of anciently.

Meaning of anciently

Adverb

anciently (comparative more anciently, superlative most anciently)

  1. In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.
  2. Done long ago.
    • The anciently written inscriptions in the pyramids can still be read.

Forms of antiently

comparativemore antiently
superlativemost antiently

Origin of antiently

From antient + -ly.

Questions about antiently

What is antiently the obsolete form of?
Antiently is the obsolete form of anciently.

Words near antiently in the dictionary

  1. antienforcement
  2. antient
  3. antienter
  4. antientest
  5. antienthusiastic
  6. antiently
  7. antientropic
  8. antientry
  9. antients
  10. antienvironment
  11. antienvironmental

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antiently (page history and authors); anciently (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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