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originally

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o·rig·i·nal·ly  (-rj-n-l)
adv.
1. With reference to origin: originally named Johnston.
2. At first: not what I had originally expected.
3. In a highly distinctive manner: interpreted the flute solo most originally.

originally [əˈrɪdʒɪnəlɪ]
adv
1. in the first place
2. in an original way
3. with reference to the origin or beginning
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.originally - in an original manner
2.originally - with reference to the origin or beginning
3.originally - before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

originally
adverb initially, first, firstly, at first, primarily, at the start, in the first place, to begin with, at the outset, in the beginning, in the early stages The castle was originally surrounded by a moat.
Translations
originally [əˈrɪdʒənəlɪ] ADV
1. (= at first) → originariamente, en un principio
originally they were in Athensoriginariamente or en un principio estuvieron en Atenas
Lucy had originally intended to be a doctorLucy tenía inicialmente la intención de ser médico, Lucy en un principio tenía la intención de ser médico
he's originally from Armeniaes originario de Armenia
2. (= in an original way) → con originalidad, de manera original
she dresses very originallyes muy original vistiendoviste con mucha originalidad or de manera muy original
it is quite originally writtenestá escrito con bastante originalidad

originally [əˈrɪdʒənəli] adv (= at first) → à l'origine
original sin nle péché originel

originally
adv
(= in an original way)originell

originally [əˈrɪdʒnəlɪ] adv (at first) → originariamente, all'inizio; (in an original way) → originalmente
originally [əˈrɪdʒnəlɪ] adv (at first) → originariamente, all'inizio; (in an original way) → originalmente

originally في الأصل původně oprindeligt ursprünglich αρχικά originalmente alun perin à l’origine izvorno originariamente 初めは 원래는 oorspronkelijk opprinnelig oryginalnie originalmente первоначально ursprungligen โดยแรกเริ่ม başlangıç olarak lúc đầu 最初


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The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognised it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
The Normans who conquered England were originally members of the same stock as the 'Danes' who had harried and conquered it in the preceding centuries--the ancestors of both were bands of Baltic and North Sea pirates who merely happened to emigrate in different directions; and a little farther back the Normans were close cousins, in the general Germanic family, of the Anglo-Saxons themselves.
And for years afterwards, perhaps, ships shun the place; leaping over it as silly sheep leap over a vacuum, because their leader originally leaped there when a stick was held.
 
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