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precedently

[pres-i-den-tlee] / ˈprɛs ɪˌdɛn tli /
ADJECTIVE
beforehand
Synonyms
STRONGEST
earlier sooner
STRONG
ahead
WEAK
advanced ahead of time already ante antecedently before before now fore in advance in anticipation precocious previous previously
ADVERB
ahead
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advanced along before earlier forward
STRONG
beforehand forwards onward onwards
WEAK
advancing ante antecedently at an advantage at the head first fore foremost in the foreground in the lead leading on precedent preceding previous progressing to the fore
Antonyms
STRONGEST
behind
ADVERB
fore
Synonyms
STRONG
ante forward
WEAK
ahead antecedently before beforehand in advance near nearest previous
Antonyms
WEAK
aft back
ADVERB
forward
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ahead along onward out
STRONG
ante fore forth
WEAK
alee antecedently before beforehand in advance into prominence into view on previous to the fore vanward
Antonyms
WEAK
back backward past
ADVERB
previously
Synonyms
STRONGEST
already formerly heretofore hitherto long ago once then
STRONG
antecedently
WEAK
a while ago ahead ante at one time away back back back when before beforehand erstwhile fore forward in advance in anticipation in days gone by in the past time was until now
Antonyms
WEAK
currently future later presently

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This is without reckoning all the massacres committed in the same names, precedently to any of the above.

From Project Gutenberg

Precedency and precedently, have the second syllable accented also.

From Project Gutenberg

What might have passed precedently, while she was looking after the chicken and the bread-and-butter, Josephine had no means of divining.

From Project Gutenberg

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