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originally

Part of Speech: Noun

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            1.                                             Primarily.                                    

            2.                                           In                                                         the                                                         original                                                         time,                                                         or                                                         in                                                         an                                                         original                                                         manner;                                                           primarily;                                                         from                                                         the                                                         beginning                                                         or                                                         origin;                                                         not                                                         by                                                         derivation,                                                         or                                                         imitation.                                    

            3.                                           At                                                         first;                                                         at                                                         the                                                         origin;                                                         at                                                         the                                                         time                                                         of                                                         formation                                                         or                                                           costruction;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                         book                                                           originally                                                         written                                                         by                                                         another                                                         hand.                                    

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In the two which stood end to end, and were originally the principal parts, hardly any windows were to be seen on the side that looked out into the valley; while in the third, which, though looking much of the same age, was of later build, were more windows, but none in the lowest story. - "Warlock o' Glenwarlock", George MacDonald.
You have dared to think originally. - "Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930", Various.
I have replaced these with a description of what was there originally. - "Wake-Robin", John Burroughs.

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