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German
Etymology
By surface analysis, einst + -mals.
Pronunciation
Adverb
einstmals
- (higher register, literary) once, formerly
- Synonyms: damals, einst, weiland
1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern [The World of Yesterday]:Eine gewisse Düsternis hat sich seitdem auf dem einstmals so hellen Horizont Europas nie mehr völlig verflüchtigt, Bitternis und Mißtrauen von Land zu Land, vom Menschen zum Menschen ist wie ein zehrendes Gift im verstümmelten Leib verblieben.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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