Definition of "previously" []

• At an earlier time. (adverb)

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• "In his second full season, 1955, Kaline hit .340 to become the youngest batting champ in American League history, a title previously held by Ty Cobb."
• "SYNDROME X–The name previously used for the condition now referred to as Metabolic Syndrome."
• "It belongs to the land, in contrast to the sea, and seems to be intended to intensify and extend the meaning of the term previously used."