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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In ancient times; in times long since past; of yore: as, Persia was anciently a powerful empire.
  • In or from a relatively distant period; in former times; from of old; formerly; remotely: as, to maintain rights anciently secured or enjoyed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In ancient times.
  • adverb rare In an ancient manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.
  • adverb Done long ago.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in ancient times; long ago

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