Originally

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Originally \O*rig"i*nal*ly\, adv.
     1. In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily;
        from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or
        imitation.
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              God is originally holy in himself.    --Bp. Pearson.
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     2. At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or
        costruction; as, a book originally written by another
        hand. "Originally a half length [portrait]." --Walpole.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  originally
       adv 1: in an original manner
       2: with reference to the origin or beginning [syn: {primitively},
           {in the beginning}]
       3: before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
          [syn: {in the first place}, {earlier}, {in the beginning},
           {to begin with}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "originally":
     ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, at first, at the start,
     before everything, by birth, by nature, chiefly, congenitally,
     first, first and foremost, first thing, firstly,
     from the beginning, genetically, immanently, in the beginning,
     initially, innately, internally, intrinsically, inwardly, mainly,
     naturally, primally, primarily, primitively, primo, principally