Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
antecedently is an adverb meaning "at an earlier time or formerly". It carries one recorded sense.
at an earlier time or formerly
“she had previously lived in Chicago”
“he was previously president of a bank”
“better than anything previously proposed”
“a previously unquestioned attitude”
“antecedently arranged”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for antecedently come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.