erewhile
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of erewhile
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at ere, while
Example Sentences
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How sweet erewhile to see the slave go free!
From The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It by Beers, R. W.
Yet she might about as well have stayed where she was, for the erewhile great whirling gold town was now as a city of the dead.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
Her glorious buoyancy of spirits, which erewhile, as it were, had filled the whole Hall with gladness—where were they now?
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
“Allamagtig, Kaptyn!” cried old Spielmann—his erewhile favourite sergeant.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
She was an erewhile nun, and provided for both with her needle.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
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