Definitions for formerly

formerly for·mer·ly

Spelling: [fawr-mer-lee]
IPA: /ˈfɔr mər li/

Formerly is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in formerly (eflmorry).

Definitions for formerly

adverb

  1. in time past; in an earlier period or age; previously:
  2. Obsolete. in time just past; just now.

Origin of formerly

First recorded in 1580-90; former1 + -ly

Examples for formerly

I am delighted to testify to these things, because I had formerly been a scoffer.

Missy Suicide, formerly known as Selena Mooney, is in New York for a series of brand-expansion meetings.

Donetsk, formerly a make-believe republic, is turning into a little neo-Soviet state.

Gaidar, formerly the vice governor of the Kirov Region, now educates people about how to deal with authorities.

formerly duty was paid not upon the root itself but its product.

formerly he would not have spoken in this firm and decided manner.

formerly a hectare of this precious vineyard was worth 30,000 francs.

It had formerly been the custom to use the guns by twos and threes.

Retired Det. Tom Nerney, formerly of the NYPD Major Case Squad, investigated Shakur.

Presumably, while our formerly sad animated heroine picks daisies in her garden (and it is almost always hers, not his).

Word Value for formerly
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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