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previously(adjective, adverb, time, late, early)
19
ahead(adverb, advance, remote, past, over)
17
in advance(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, time)
16
formerly(adverb, late, now, then)
15
beforehand(adjective, adverb, time, advanced, forward)
13
forward(adverb, time, advanced, previous)
13
once(adjective, adverb, late, past, now)
11
heretofore(adverb, head, late, past, previous)
11
in front(expression, idiom, adverb, advanced, forward)
11
prior(adjective, precedence)
9
afore(adverb, preposition, conjunction, beforehand)
8
already(adverb, late, early, now)
8
ere(adverb, preposition, time, period)
8
fore(adverb, advanced, forward, early, front)
7
above(preposition, superior, remote, past, previous)
7
in the past(verb, expression, idiom, adverb, phrasal verb)
7
previous(adjective, adverb, basic, advanced, forward)
7
since(adverb, preposition, back, opposite)
7
sooner(adverb, rather)
6
aforetime(adverb, then, precede, proximately)
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