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• The properties formerly relied on a well, but are now connected to the mains water supply.From the entry mains
• He was formerly with the sect of the Pharisees, but now he is a Nazarene.From the entry Nazarene
• The border land between England and Scotland, being formerly a subject of contention, was called "batable ground".From the entry batable
• Wrist drop was formerly encountered among painters, as a result of lead poisoning.From the entry wrist drop
• Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.From the entry colony
• They lived in Flother (as Flodder Hall was formerly known).From the entry flother
• Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.From the entry toparchy
• Would anyone with knowledge of the present whereabouts of Mrs Doris Miggins, formerly of Station Road, please contact Box No. 99, Puddletown Evening Gazette.From the entry box number
• Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), was formerly part of the Chinese empire.2023 March 30, Karen Mkrtchyan, “Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen visits New York as China warns the US of severe consequences”, in…. From the entry ching
• Christiaan Huygens came to doubt the vortex theory “which formerly appeared very likely” to him.2021, Stathis Psillos, “From the Evidence of History to the History of Evidence: Descartes, Newton, and Beyond”, in Timothy D. Lyons…. From the entry vortex theory
• Blackfoot is the mother tongue of three First Nations: Siksiká, Piikani (formerly Peigan) and Kainai.2021 June 21, “Researchers revive endangered Blackfoot language using digital technology”, in Simon Fraser University. From the entry Siksiká
• Welcome to Late Stage Capitalism: The Musical – the show formerly known as fashion week.2019 September 17, Jess Cartner-Morley, “So hot it hurts: London fashion week in the age of climate activism”, in The Guardian. From the entry late stage capitalism
• Formerly blind people are often face-blind or unable to decipher emotion from facial expression.2015, Ellyn Kaschak, Sight Unseen: Gender and Race Through Blind Eyes, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry face-blind
• Corpron returned to Hofei (formerly known as Luchow-fu) and at once began repairing the hospital.2012, Tim L. Adsit, Seeds of Change, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 58. From the entry Hofei
• He threw the man into prison, waiting to repay his formerly forgiven debt.2010, Richard C. Lamb, Jr., The Pursuit of God in the Company of Friends. From the entry unforgive
• The northern plain was formerly dominated by Casuarina trees and a carpet of Spikeweed.2010, Michael Samways, Peter Hitchins, Dr Orty Bourquin, Dr Jock Henwood, Tropical Island Recovery: Cousine Island, Seychelles, Wiley…. From the entry spikeweed
• Founded almost 50 years ago, it's an imposing graystone structure (formerly a park district office).2009 January 4, “Letters: Mr. Obama’s Neighborhood”, in New York Times. From the entry graystone
• Warriors formerly used poi actions to maintain wrist flexibility, but poi have developed as a women's dance.2008, Ellen Koskoff, “Haka poi”, in The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Routledge, →ISBN, page 738. From the entry poi
• The term may have returned along with GIs formerly stationed in Europe.2008, Melitta Weiss Adamson, Francine Segan, editors, Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl: An Encyclopedia, volumes I (A–G)…. From the entry coffee klatch
• But, more importantly, Chang, formerly a salt dealer, always regarded Kaoyu as his mecca.2000, Anita M. Andrew, John A. Rapp, Autocracy and China's Rebel Founding Emperors, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136. From the entry Kaoyu
• Looks like "Pac Man Deadhead" is the latest incarnation of the permatroll formerly known as scullandroses77.2000 November 10, Seth Jackson, “(NDC) Another statistical analysis of the Palm Beach County vote”, in alt.politics (Usenet). From the entry permatroll
• Formerly we knew of ninety-two firststuffs, from waterstuff, the lightest and barest, to ymirstuff, the heaviest.1997, Poul Anderson, Uncleftish Beholding. From the entry waterstuff
• Formerly under the administration of Fujian's Lianjiang County, it is now called Four Townships and Five Islets.1996 March 21 [1996 March 18], He Jixiong (0149 2623 7160) [何机雄], “There Is a Feeling of Insecurity on Jinmen, Mazu, and Other Islands”…. From the entry Juguang
• Lüshun, formerly called Port Arthur, is a large naval base seldom visited by foreigners.1989, “The Northeast”, in All China, Revised edition, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60. From the entry Lüshun
• Lee shares with Lorett Vergara, a formerly homeless woman who now works for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic.1989 March 14, Jane Gross, “San Francisco Journal: One Man’s Daily Fight For a Home for Many”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry Lorett
• Gunmetals are alloys of copper, tin and zinc, formerly used for casting cannon.1984, D[onald] A. Wight, “Materials”, in C[hristopher] T. Wilbur and D. A. Wight, Pounder’s Marine Diesel Engines, 6th edition, London…. From the entry gunmetal
• The formerly desolate eastern bank of the Taedonggang had become part of the city proper.1984 February 3 [1984 January 2], Mu Qing, “Three Trips to a Heroic Nation”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 024, Foreign…. From the entry Taedonggang
• Boxer shorts, knitted briefs, and bikinis are the most popular styles in shorts, formerly called “drawers.”1982, Ruth Tolman, Selling Men’s Fashion, page 124. From the entry bikini
• Luta, formerly Dairen, is a diplomatic halfway point between Peking and Pyongyang.[1975 August 19 [1975 August 18], “China and Cambodia Sign Pact for Economic and Technical Cooperation”, in The New York Times, sourced…. From the entry Lüta
• Where are the bays which formerly indented the coastline of Hong Kong?1967, Gwenneth Stokes, John Stokes, “Hong Kong: Its Story in Brief”, in The Extreme East: A Modern History, Longman, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 395. From the entry Morrison Hill
• Arellano formerly cavorted for the Galicias in the fast-paced National-American Soccer loop.1963 September 27, “Italias Vie In Bayonne On Sunday”, in The Jersey Journal, page 17. From the entry loop
• All the laws which formerly protected him as a “minor” are now inapplicable.1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, →ISBN, page 241. From the entry paddle one's own canoe
• The pounded leaves of the willow, drunk in a concoction, were formerly reputed to diminish amatory desires.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 249. From the entry willow
• Formerly this disease was called Japanese river fever, kedani disease, or scrub typhus fever.1960, Pavel Feliksovich Zdrodovskiĭ, Elena Mikhaǐlovna Golinevich, The rickettsial diseases, page 354. From the entry kedani
• This plant, formerly owned by the Japanese, was damaged during the war.1946 December 14, John Stenhouse, “China's Economy Since the Japanese Surrender”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXV, number 11…. From the entry Kaohsiung
• Essex Leila Hilary Drury, formerly Miss Essex French, on the ground of misconduct.1935 March 12, “Mrs. E. L. Drury Divorced […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Essex
• This was formerly the prefectural city of Tinpak, before Maoming came into existence.1923, Maryknoll Mission Letters China, volume 1, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 195. From the entry Tinpak
• From Peking to Hankow there is a railway, formerly Franco- Belgian, now owned by the Chinese Government.1922, Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, page 75. From the entry Hankow

Meaning of formerly

1. adverb At some time in the past.
2. adverb Previously; once.

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How do you use formerly in a sentence?

Formerly is used as an adverb. For example: “Xenia Robertson, formerly known as Xenia Isaamov, is from Ukraine.”

What is a short sentence with formerly?

“Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.”

What does formerly mean?

Formerly means at some time in the past.