anciently

American  

[eyn-shuhnt-lee] / ˈeɪn ʃənt li /

adverb

1. in ancient times; of old.

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anciently British  

/ ˈeɪnʃəntlɪ /

adverb

1. in ancient times

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Etymology

Origin of anciently

First recorded in 1495–1505; ancient ¹ + -ly

Example Sentences

By then, abacot had taken on a life of its own, referring to not just any cap but a "Cap of State, made like a double crown, worn anciently by the Kings of England."

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021

The cameo form itself was one anciently associated with the celebration of Greco-Roman imperial rule, but here, adapted for use as Sasanian propaganda, it advertises the ignoble defeat of that rule.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2019

At gene scale, the genome of A. vaga is tetraploid and comprises both anciently duplicated segments and less divergent allelic regions.

From Nature • Aug. 21, 2013

In several of the poesie paintings, Titian cast the faces of his protagonists in shadow, obscuring our sense of their inner lives, making them at once more anciently remote and more humanly familiar.

From Washington Post

The capital stock has since been increased to $2,000,000, and the erection has been begun of a new block of buildings in East Sixty-Fourth Street, within hail of Battle Row, of anciently warlike memory.

From A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)