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in old days

ADVERB

before

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead back previously since sooner

WEAK

afore aforetime ante antecedently anteriorly before present ere fore former formerly forward heretofore in advance in days of yore in front in the old days in the past past precendently previous up to now

Antonyms

WEAK

after afterward behind later

Example Sentences

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Pam and I worked so well together, like in old days, so nice and close, total agreement.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2012

Fifty yards away was the two-story stone building where, in old days, Arab fellahin used to sit gossiping over Turkish coffee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jonathan was holding me by the arm, the way he used to in old days before I went to school.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"No, I am not defending him, Lucilla, but how many men have done the same in old days, without being objected to?"

From A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel by Cambridge, Ada

You are not able to judge him coolly, and I don't blame you for it: he sinned deeply against you in old days, and, though you forgave him, you were unable to forget his conduct.

From A Russian Gentleman by Aksakov, S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich)