1.
[syn: previously, antecedently]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Antecedently \An`te*ced"ent*ly\, adv.
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as,
antecedently to conversion. --Barrow.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
antecedently
adv 1: at an earlier time or formerly; "she had previously lived
in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank";
"better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously
unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged" [syn:
previously, antecedently]