different between previously vs forenamed

English

Etymology

previous +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?i?vi.?sli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?ivi.?sli/

Adverb

previously (not comparable)

1. (now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 71:

     I must, however, previously remark, that the power of generalizing ideas, to any great extent, is not very common amongst men or women.

2. (with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time.

   The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.

Translations

See also

• previous
• prior
• before
• yesteryear

Anagrams

• perviously, viperously

English

Etymology

From Middle English forenamed, fornamed, fornemned, forenammd, equivalent to fore- +? named. Compare Dutch voornoemd (“aforementioned”), German vorgenannt, vorbenannt (“aforementioned”).

Adjective

forenamed (not comparable)

1. previously named; aforementioned

   • Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]