antecedently

adjective

noun

1. any happening or thing prior to another
2. anything logically preceding
3. one's ancestry, past life, training, etc.
4. Gram. the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers: “man” is the antecedent of “who” in “the man who spoke”
5. Logic the part of a conditional proposition that states the condition
6. Math. the first term or numerator of a ratio