erewhile
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-eri Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri Proto-Germanic *airi Proto-Germanic *airiz Old English ǣr Middle English er English ere English while English erewhile From ere + while.
- Some time ago; beforehand; formerly.
“I am as fair now as I was erewhile.”
“She runs you through, nor asks the word. O thou, that dear and happy Isle, The garden of the world erewhile, Thou Paradise of the four seas Which Heaven planted us to please,”