aiemmin

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Finnish

Etymology

aiempi (earlier -adjective) +‎ -in < aikaisempi (earlier) < aikainen (early -adjective)

Adverb

aiemmin

  1. earlier, hitherto (before now or a stated point of time in the past, up to this or that time)
    Kukaan ei ollut aiemmin onnistunut lentämään miehitettyä, ohjailtavaa ja ilmaa raskaampaa ilma-alusta.
    Nobody had hitherto managed to fly a manned, controlled and heavier-than-air aircraft.

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