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say it: FAWR-mur-lee
formerly is an adverb meaning "at a previous time". It is pronounced /ˈfɔɹmɚli/ — FAWR-mur-lee. It carries one recorded sense.
at a previous time
“at one time he loved her”
“her erstwhile writing”
“she was a dancer once”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for formerly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.