formerly

/ˈfɔɹmɚli/
adv 2

Collocations

5

ADJ.

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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