hitherto — adv previously, until now, up to this time, 510 of late, latterly, to this day, to the present day, thus far; formerly, no longer, before, before this, before or ere now, heretofore, already; in time past, in the past, years ago, long ago, some… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Preterition — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Retrospective time. < N PARAG:Preterition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 the past the past past time Sgm: N 1 days of yore days of yore times of yore days of old times of old days past times past days gone by times gone by … English dictionary for students
formerly — [adv] previously in time or order aforetime, already, anciently, at one time, away back, a while back, back, back when*, before, before now, before this, down memory lane*, earlier, eons ago*, erewhile, erstwhile, heretofore, in former times, in… … New thesaurus