 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
originally
adverb
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Originally \O*rig"i*nal*ly\, adverb
1. In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily;
from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or
imitation.
God is originally holy in himself. --Bp. Pearson.
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.
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
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