previously

/pɹˈiːvɪəsli/

/ˈpɹiviəsɫi/

previously

before this moment or a specific time

Examples

1. Detectives had closed the book on the Hornsey Murders case three years previously.

2. Previously estate agents ended up as a monkey in the middle between landlord and tenant.

3. The band was previously known as 'The Quarrymen' before they changed their name to 'The Beatles'.

4. The Olympics can make sporting heroes out of previously little-known athletes.