adv.
在前, 在先

[ adv ]
at an earlier time or formerly
<adv.all>
she had previously lived in Chicagohe was previously president of a bank
better than anything previously proposed
a previously unquestioned attitude
antecedently arranged

Antecedently \An`te*ced"ent*ly\, adv.
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as,
antecedently to conversion. --Barrow.