Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antecedently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: an-tecedent-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

At an earlier time.

Example Sentences

"The History of Brute and the Brutans setteth forth. Principally and antecedently their persons, & in them sheweth the geneallogy or issue which they had, artes which they studied, actes which they did."
"[…] it does not at all appear, that all Mixtures must be of Elementary Bodies; but it seems farr more probable, that there are divers sorts of compound Bodies, even in regard of all or some of their Ingredients, consider’d Antecedently to their Mixture."
"[…] nothing is ever present to the mind but perceptions, and […] all ideas are deriv’d from something antecedently present to the mind;"
"She had never antecedently regarded this occupation of his as any objection to having him for a husband."
"The case of envy just described is one in which we feel joy or sadness at the sadness or joy of one we antecedently hate."

Etymology

Etymology tree English antecedent Middle English -ly English -ly English antecedently From antecedent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more antecedently (comparative) most antecedently (superlative) antecedentally (alternative)

Synonyms

beforehand earlier precedently previously

Antonyms

afterward later subsequently

Questions

What does antecedently mean?: At an earlier time.
Where does antecedently come from?: Etymology tree English antecedent Middle English -ly English -ly English antecedently From antecedent + -ly.

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