Erewhile [adverb]

Definition of Erewhile:

previously in time or order

Synonyms of Erewhile:

● Heretofore

● Already

● Earlier

● Once

● Erstwhile

● Back

● Before

● Lately

● Radically

● Water under the bridge

● Anciently

● A while back

● Aforetime

● At one time

● Away back

● Back when

● Before now

● Before this

● Down memory lane

● Eons ago

● In former times

● In the olden days

● In the past

● Long ago

● Of old

● Of yore

● Olden days

● Once upon a time

● Some time ago

● Time was

● Used to be


Opposite/Antonyms of Erewhile:

● Future

● Subsequently

● Presently

● Currently


Sentence/Example of Erewhile:

The gods erewhile created these far-shining forms, wisely sparing the fields and fertile corn-bearing plain.

For the last, It ne'er is cancell'd if not kept: and hence I spake erewhile so strictly of its force.

Therefore, not singly, I erewhile rehears'd That blessedness we tell of in the day: But near me none beside his accent rais'd.

The green talons grasp The land, that stood erewhile the proof so long, And pil'd in bloody heap the host of France.

Then they were razed, cleared away and flower-beds laid out, where grand halls erewhile had stood.

Going on up this old street we find numerous traces of what were erewhile the Abbey precincts.

Rue Matignon was opened across the ancient Jardin dhiver where fine tropical plants erewhile had flourished.

Rue de la Voie-Verte was so named from the market-gardens erewhile stretching here.

Where the Grande Roue turns, on the ground now bright with flower-beds and grassy lawns, duels were fought erewhile.

Rue Caulaincourt, erewhile quaint and rural, has lost of late years almost all its old-time characteristics.