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preliminarilyadverb so as to precede something in order of timethe sick children were examined preliminarily by the nurse to determine if they had a rash afore(chiefly dialect), ahead, already, antecedently, anteriorly, before, beforehand, earlier, formerly, previously a priori, early, prematurelyfirst, first off, nowbefore long, erelong(archaic), presently, shortly, soon in advance after, afterward(or afterwards), later behind, by and by, next, subsequently |