previously

Adverb

previously (not comparable)

1. (archaic) First; beforehand, in advance.
   • I must, however, previously remark, that the power of generalizing ideas, to any great extent, is not very common amongst men or women.1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
2. At an earlier time; already.
   • The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
   • Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 239
3. Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.