Adverb
In ancient times.
In an ancient manner.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state. John Kenneth Galbraith
Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority. John Kenneth Galbraith
Abstain from beans; that is, keep out of public offices, for anciently the choice of the officers of state was made by beans. Plutarch
Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of Jesus Christ, both anciently and today, is His authority. There can be no true Church without divine authority. David A. Bednar
a concern with what may have happened anciently Source: Internet
Anciently, the Eastern churches ordained women as deaconesses. Source: Internet