dictionary definitions for "originally"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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 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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