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aunciently

aunciently 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 aunciently

comparativemore aunciently
superlativemost aunciently

Origin of aunciently

From auncient + -ly.

Questions about aunciently

What is aunciently the obsolete form of?
Aunciently is the obsolete form of anciently.

Words near aunciently in the dictionary

  1. auncestral
  2. auncestries
  3. auncestry
  4. aunchient
  5. auncient
  6. aunciently
  7. auncientnesse
  8. auncientry
  9. auncle
  10. auncles
  11. Aundanao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aunciently (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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