Usually means: At an earlier point in time.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word PREVIOUSLY:

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  1. previously: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. previously: Merriam-Webster
  3. previously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. previously: Collins English Dictionary
  5. previously: Vocabulary.com
  6. Previously, previously: Wordnik
  7. previously: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. previously: Wiktionary
  9. Previously, previously: Dictionary.com
  10. previously: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Previously: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. previously: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. previously: Rhymezone
  14. Previously: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. previously: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. previously: FreeDictionary.org
  17. previously: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. previously: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. previously: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. previously: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adverb:  (now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.
▸ adverb:  (with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time; already.
▸ adverb:  (television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.

Similar:
antecedently, recently, already, subsequently, originally, initially, been, heretofore, formerly, earlier, more...

Opposite:
subsequently, afterward, later, next, henceforth

Types:
before, earlier, formerly, more...

Phrases:
previously unreleased, Previously On, Previously Unaired Christmas, previously mentioned, previously known, more...

Colors:
    beige,     sepia,     antique white,     old lace,     classic blue, more...



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Similar:
antecedently, recently, already, subsequently, originally, initially, been, heretofore, formerly, earlier, more...

Opposite:
subsequently, afterward, later, next, henceforth

Types:
before, earlier, formerly, more...

Phrases:
previously unreleased, Previously On, Previously Unaired Christmas, previously mentioned, previously known, previously unknown, previously unseen, as previously cited, previously stated, previously made, more...

Colors:
    beige,     sepia,     antique white,     old lace,     classic blue, more...



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