PREVIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does previously mean? 

• PREVIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb PREVIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. at an earlier time or formerly

  Familiarity information: PREVIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREVIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At an earlier time or formerly

Synonyms:

antecedently; previously

Context example:

antecedently arranged

Pertainym:

previous (just preceding something else in time or order)

 Context examples 

The identification of a lesion which has not been previously seen or characterized.

(New Lesion Identification, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): severity, frequency, or specificity from what has been previously documented

(Adverse Event Unexpected Reason Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Scientists have previously developed nanoparticles that can bind certain types of toxins and neutralize them.

(3-D gel-nanoparticle device detoxifies blood, NIH)

You can have been acquainted with it only since I came to Bath, excepting as you might hear me previously spoken of in my own family.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Ignorant as you previously were of everything concerning either, detection could not be in your power, and suspicion certainly not in your inclination.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Generally, it is money based on previously made agreements.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Indicates that a product was previously promoted for use, but currently is not being promoted.

(No Longer Marketed, NCI Thesaurus)

A submission that contains additional supportive material to augment information previously submitted.

(Amendment Regulatory Submission, Food and Drug Administration)

The desire to experience the effect(s) of a previously used psycho-active substance.

(Craving, NCI Thesaurus)

There are still signs or symptoms of disease in the individual who previously had an infection.

(Clinical Failure, NCI Thesaurus)