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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹmɚli/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːməli/
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• homophone: formally (non-rhotic)
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R M ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English former Middle English -ly English -ly English formerly From former + -ly.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَانَ (kāna) — at some time in the past
• Bashkir: борон (boron) — at some time in the past
• Bashkir: элек (elek) — at some time in the past
• Bulgarian: преди (predi) — at some time in the past
• Bulgarian: в миналото (v minaloto) — at some time in the past
• Catalan: anteriorment — at some time in the past
• Chinese Mandarin: 以前 (yǐqián) — at some time in the past
• Czech: dříve — at some time in the past
• Czech: kdysi — at some time in the past
• Danish: tidligere — at some time in the past
• Danish: forhen — at some time in the past
• Danish: fordum — at some time in the past
• Esperanto: antaŭe — at some time in the past
• Finnish: aiemmin — at some time in the past
• French: auparavant — at some time in the past
• French: autrefois — at some time in the past
• French: anciennement — at some time in the past
• Georgian: წინათ (c̣inat) — at some time in the past
• German: früher — at some time in the past
• German: ehemals — at some time in the past
• Greek: πρώην (próin) — at some time in the past
• Hebrew: לַשְׁעָבַר (leshe‘avár) — at some time in the past
• Japanese: 旧来 (kyūrai) — at some time in the past
• Khmer: អតីត (ʼaʼdət) — at some time in the past
• Central Kurdish: جاران (caran) — at some time in the past
• Latin: anteā — at some time in the past
• Māori: irāmata — at some time in the past
• Māori: inamata — at some time in the past
• Middle High German: wīlen — at some time in the past
• Navajo: ałkʼidą́ą́ʼ — at some time in the past
• Norwegian Bokmål: tidligere — at some time in the past
• Old English: ǣror — at some time in the past
• Polish: przedtem — at some time in the past
• Polish: wcześniej — at some time in the past
• Polish: kiedyś — at some time in the past
• Polish: dawniej — at some time in the past
• Portuguese: antigamente — at some time in the past
• Russian: когда́-то (kogdá-to) — at some time in the past
• Russian: не́когда (nékogda) — at some time in the past
• Russian: пре́жде (préžde) — at some time in the past
• Sanskrit: पुरा (purā) — at some time in the past
• Scottish Gaelic: roimhe — at some time in the past
• Spanish: anteriormente — at some time in the past
• Spanish: otrora — at some time in the past
• Spanish: antes — at some time in the past
• Spanish: antaño — at some time in the past
• Swedish: fordom — at some time in the past
• Turkish: eskiden — at some time in the past
• Turkish: bir zaman — at some time in the past
• Turkish: önceden — at some time in the past
• Turkish: zamanında — at some time in the past
• Uyghur: بالدۇر (baldur) — at some time in the past
• Bashkir: борон (boron) — previously; once
• Bashkir: элек (elek) — previously; once
• Bashkir: ҡасандыр (qasandır) — previously; once
• Bulgarian: някога (njakoga) — previously; once
• Bulgarian: преди (predi) — previously; once
• Czech: dříve — previously; once
• Danish: tidligere — previously; once
• Esperanto: antaŭe — previously; once
• Finnish: aiemmin — previously; once
• Finnish: kerran — previously; once
• Greek: προηγούμενος (proïgoúmenos) — previously; once
• Greek: προηγουμένως (proïgouménos) — previously; once
• Ancient Greek: πρίν (prín) — previously; once
• Japanese: かつて (katsute) — previously; once
• Central Kurdish: لەمەو پێش (lemew pêş) — previously; once
• Latin: quondam — previously; once
• Norwegian Bokmål: tidligere — previously; once
• Old English: ǣror — previously; once
• Portuguese: antes — previously; once
• Scottish Gaelic: roimhe — previously; once
• Spanish: antes — previously; once
• Spanish: otrora — previously; once
• Spanish: antaño — previously; once
• Spanish: antiguamente — previously; once
• Swedish: fordom — previously; once
• Turkish: eskiden — previously; once
• Turkish: önceden — previously; once
• Turkish: bir zamanlar — previously; once
• Turkish: bir zaman — previously; once
• Turkish: zamanında — previously; once
• Uyghur: بالدۇر (baldur) — previously; once