Definition of "anciently" []

• In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did. (adverb)
• Done long ago. (adverb)

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• "* "Dragon-fly Island" was a name anciently given to Japan on account of the country's shape."
• "All travellers attest the luxuriant verdure of those extensive wadies; and that they were equally or still more rich in pasture anciently, is confirmed by the numerous flocks of the Amalekites, as well as of Nabal, which were fed in the wilderness of Paran (1Sa 15: 9)."
• "Siculus informs us that Ὠκεανὸς had been a name anciently given to the"