What does antecedently mean?
Antecedently means At an earlier time..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
At an earlier time..
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.
[…] it does not at all appear, that all Mixtures must be of Elementary Bodies; but it seems farr more probable, that there are divers sorts of compound Bodies, even in regard of all or some of their Ingredients, consider’d Antecedently to their Mixture.
[…] nothing is ever present to the mind but perceptions, and […] all ideas are deriv’d from something antecedently present to the mind;
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.
Use antecedently when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antecedently means At an earlier time..
Common synonyms include beforehand, earlier, precedently, previously.
Possible antonyms include afterward, later, subsequently.
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.
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