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historically
CIDE DICTIONARY
historically, adv.
In the manner of, or in accordance with, history. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
historically
actually, aforetime, before, before now, beforetime, certainly, earlier, erenow, erewhile, erst, factually, formerly, forsooth, heretofore, hitherto, in fact, in reality, in the past, in times past, in truth, in very sooth, indeed, indeedy, nothing else but, of a truth, only yesterday, prehistorically, previously, priorly, really, really-truly, recently, then, truly, undoubtedly, verily, veritably, whilom, with truth, yesterdayFor further exploring for "historically" in Webster Dictionary Online