adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly) Northern-English, dialectal, not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

once

Etymology

From yan, itself from the Old English ān.

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