Former vs Formally - What's the difference?
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
(senseid) First of aforementioned two items. Used with the , often without a noun.
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Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
(chiefly, British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
In a formal manner.
In accordance with official procedure.
In accordance with rigorous rules.
As an adjective former
is previous.As a noun former
is someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.As an adverb formally is
in a formal manner.former
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Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) former, comparative of . Parallel to (m) (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to (m) and (m) (thence (m)), from Proto-Germanic.Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* (previous) anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex- * See alsoAntonyms
* latterEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- Dave was the former of the company.
- ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former .
- ''Fifth-former
- Sixth-former .
Derived terms
* pan formerStatistics
*Anagrams
* reform ----formally
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Adverb
(en adverb)- He dressed quite formally''' - too '''formally for the occasion.
- He formally filed a complaint, which involved much paperwork.
- He proved it formally but gave his students no intuitive feel for the matter.