ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Antecedently

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Antecedently is an adverb meaning At an earlier time.

Meaning

At an earlier time.

Example Sentences

She had never antecedently regarded this occupation of his as any objection to having him for a husband.
The case of envy just described is one in which we feel joy or sadness at the sadness or joy of one we antecedently hate.
[…] nothing is ever present to the mind but perceptions, and […] all ideas are deriv’d from something antecedently present to the mind;
The History of Brute and the Brutans setteth forth. Principally and antecedently their persons, & in them sheweth the geneallogy or issue which they had, artes which they studied, actes which they did.

Synonyms for antecedently

Depending on context, synonyms include beforehand, earlier, precedently, previously.

Antonyms for antecedently

Common opposites include afterward, later, subsequently.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include previously, before, beforehand, when, beforetime, aforetime.

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