previously

Adverb

1. First; beforehand, in advance.
   • I must, however, previously remark, that the power of generalizing ideas, to any great extent, is not very common amongst men or women. - 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:...
2. At an earlier time; already.
   • The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
   • Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility. - 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel...
   • In the lawsuit, Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sex with a “large amount of people,” some of whom had not previously been named including New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson […]. - 2019 August 10, Julie Brown,...
3. Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.