Erewhile

Quick meaning: Erewhile is an adverb meaning (archaic or poetic) Some time ago; beforehand; formerly.

Meaning

(archaic or poetic) Some time ago; beforehand; formerly.

Example Sentences

I am as fair now as I was erewhile.

The dame sans merci's broken strain, Whom I erewhile, perchance, have known, When Orleans filled the Bourbon throne, A siren singing by the Seine.

She runs you through, nor asks the word. O thou, that dear and happy Isle, The garden of the world erewhile, Thou Paradise of the four seas Which Heaven planted us to please,

Quoth he to me, "Thou shalt fare with me to Cairo where dwelleth a friend of mine and to him will I give thee, for erewhile I promised him that on this voyage I would secure for him a fair woman for handmaid."

Word Forms

• erewhiles

Synonyms for erewhile

Depending on context, synonyms include erstwhile, erstwhiles.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heretofore, while-ere, aforetimes, whilom, erstwhile, erst.

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