transcription, транскрипция: [ pri:viəsli ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Previously means at some time before the period that you are talking about.
Guyana’s railways were previously owned by private companies...
Previously she had very little time to work in her own garden.
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj , ADV with cl
2.
You can use previously to say how much earlier one event was than another event.
He had first entered the House 12 years previously...
= earlier
ADV : n ADV