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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
previous/ˈpriːviəs/

▶adjective

1 existing or occurring before in time or order.

2 informal overhasty.

– phrases
previous to before.

– derivatives
previously adverb.

– origin C17: from L. praevius ‘going before’ (from prae ‘before’ + via ‘way’) + -ous.

'previously' also found in these Oxford entries:

abreaction - adjunction - affair - afore- - aforementioned - a fortiori - anamnestic - back catalogue - blind date - brush - commonwealth - compound - court of review - cover - depth - first - foregoing - former - fresh - greenfield - he - her - hers - herself - him - himself - his - humble - ibid. - it - its - itself - lapse - last - new - news - nondescript - omnibus - one - our - ours - playback - potentiation - previous - public - reaffirm - reappoint - regard - repopulate - resale

Forum discussions with the word(s) "previously" in the title:

''this'' is only correct when it refers to a noun appearing previously
Ago versus earlier or previously, revisited.
catching previously Fetched Content?
country 'previously mentioned'
entities not previously having received this
I (had) previously owned a car
Kickstart, previously/in former time called Appro...
Like it was previously mentioned
much previously uncollected work?
previously
Previously
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previously (position in sentence)
previously and directly - position
previously and formerly
previously in a list
Previously sent
Previously,
previously/in advance/ahead
referring to smith previously mentioned with 'the latter'
said (previously mentioned)
she was previously engaged//had an appointment
shipyards having previously done this work - meaning?
telling you 'before' that I think <= previously?>
the same ~ as I had VS ~ that I previously had
was/is previously unknown
We have previously used it / We have used it previously
We've discussed this on many an occasion previously,
will have been established previously

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