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▪ I. ˈpriorly, a. nonce-wd.
[f. prior n. + -ly1.]
Proper to or befitting a prior.
1838Fraser's Mag. XVII. 62 Blandly he patteth his priorly paunch.
▪ II. ˈpriorly, adv.
[f. prior a. + -ly2.]
As a prior step; previously, antecedently.
1779R. Baker Remarks Eng. Lang. (ed. 2) 94 It seems a wonder that we have no such word as priorly. It would be naturally formed from prior, and would be very useful. 1792Geddes Transl. Bible I. Pref. 2 Whether, priorly to that æra, it had ever been inhabited..is a question which it would be rash to decide. 1839J. Rogers Antipopopr. xvi. iii. 332 Thus people may neither marry nor unmarry without priorly obtaining permission from the priesthood. 1965Amer. Psychologist XX. 1007/2 After a certain point in human evolution, the only means whereby man could fill his evolutionary niche was through the cultural transmission of the skills necessary for the use of priorly invented techniques, implements, and devices. 1970Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. LXXXII. 207 It states that organisms respond to discrepancies between contemporaneous stimuli and some internalized average of other imputs, experienced priorly or as context. |
