formerly
/ˈfɔɹmɚli/
adv 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
blind, covered, great, involved, known, many, overweight, unknown
The building, formerly known as the Central Library, now houses a modern art museum.
VERB + FORMERLY
allow, bit, piping
The hot water pipes, formerly piping steam through the old building, now sit abandoned in the basement.
FORMERLY + NOUN
city, clerk, franca, french, harbor, individuals, less, lingua
The formerly French colony became an independent nation in 1960.
PREP.
in, into, than
She moved into a house that was formerly used as a doctor's office.
ADV.
quite, then
She worked at the bank, but she's quite formerly settled into her new career as a teacher.
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