originally

originally
adv
1. by birth, by origin.
2. at first, initially, in the beginning, at the start; from the beginning, from the start, Inf. from the word go, Inf. from day one, Latin, ab ovo, Latin, ab initio, Latin, ab origine.
3. in the first place, primarily, principally, mainly, chiefly; essentially, fundamentally, basically; in essence, in substance, in the main; at core, at heart, at bottom, Fr. au fond.
4. personally, individually, distinctively, singularly, characteristically; uniquely, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly.

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