previously

1. 1.At an earlier time; already.

   • The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
   • Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.
   • In the lawsuit, Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sex with a “large amount of people,” some of whom had not previously been named including New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson […].

2. 2.Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.

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