originally

adv
/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nə.li/CA/əˈɹəd͡ʒ.ə.nə.li/

Etymology

From Middle English originali; equivalent to original + -ly.

  1. inherited from originali

Definitions

  1. As it was in the beginning

    As it was in the beginning; at first.

    • Originally, this paper was white, but over the years it has yellowed with age.
    • There are 36 known praenomina, though there may originally have been more.
  2. In an original manner.

    • They had to think originally to come up with those creative ideas.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for originally. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA