previously
adverb OPAL W
/ˈpriːviəsli/
/ˈpriːviəsli/
- at a time before the time that you are talking about
- The building had previously been used as a hotel.
- As previously reported, the couple separated in May.
- The book contains a number of photographs not previously published.
- I had visited them three days previously.
- a previously unknown species