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anˈteriorly, adv.
[f. anterior + -ly2.]
1. Of place: In an anterior position, in front.
1599A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physic 243/1 This Pessarye..must she intrude anteriorlye into her bodye. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VI. i. i. (Jod.) The globe of the eye is more depressed anteriorly. 1855Macgillivray Nat. Hist. Dee Side 387 The ears dusky, anteriorly edged with red.
2. Of time or logical order: Previously, antecedently. Const. to.
1839J. Rogers Antipopopr. iii. iii. 163 Viewing the matter not as anteriorly probable. 1855Card. Wiseman Fabiola 145 Anteriorly to the construction of catacombs. |