4
then
3
ago(adjective, past)
3
ante(back, advanced, forward, early, up)
3
anticipatory
3
in advance(expression, adverb, back, quick, earlier)
3
old-time(adjective, last, dead, past, lost)
3
preliminary
3
primordial(adjective, last, past, first, primary)
3
prior to(verb, phrasal verb)
3
soon
3
too soon
3
unfounded
3
yore(noun, adjective, past)
2
advance(adjective, precede, before)
2
antecedently(adverb, back, advanced, forward, early)
2
back(adjective, adverb, past, earlier, ahead)
2
ci-devant
2
departed(adjective, dead, past, lost, former)
2
ex-(adjective, dead, late, old, past)
2
foregone
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