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French
Etymology
From the French expression (il) n’(y) a guère (de temps) ("not long ago"), composed of il y a (“ago”) + ne... guère (“hardly”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
naguère
- (obsolete) recently, not long ago
- (literary) long ago, formerly
- Synonyms: autrefois, jadis, (archaic, Normandy) orains
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