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All erewhile synonyms

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adverb erewhile

  • already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
  • earlier — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
  • heretofore — before this time; until now.
  • once — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
  • aforetime — formerly
  • anciently — in ancient times
  • at one time — If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past.
  • back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
  • before — If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
  • lately — of late; recently; not long since: He has been very grouchy lately.
  • long ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
  • of old — belonging to the ancient past
  • once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
  • radically — with regard to origin or root.
  • time was — there was a time
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