priorly

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adverb

Previously.

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Meanings

adverbpriorly (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparablePreviously.

    this single name, whencesoever it be derived, or whensoever it were given, cannot stand as a proof that the name Jehovah was known priorly to Moſes, against so positive a testimony as that of the passage in Exodus[…]

    1800, Alexander Geddes, Critical Remarks on the Hebrew Scriptures: Remarks on the Pentateuch

Origin

From prior + -ly.

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APA

priorly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priorly

MLA

“priorly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priorly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “priorly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priorly.

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