Definitions for initially
ini·tial·ly

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. initially, ab initioadverb

   at the beginning

   "at first he didn't notice anything strange"

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1. initiallyadverb

   at the beginning

   Initially, I found city life incredibly difficult, but now I'm used to it.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Initiallyadverb

   in an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2694

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2985

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Adverbs Frequency: #214

How to pronounce initially?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say initially in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of initially in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of initially in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of initially in a Sentence

1. Rakesh Kaushal:

   They are neither landline nor mobile phone numbers, which were initially suspected. But we are investigating further.

2. Brian Snyder:

   Immediately afterwards my reaction was' did that just happen ?' , initially, the other photographers and I were unsure if it was a planned part of the show or something else. Once Will Smith was back at Will Smith seat and yelling back to the stage, we figured it was not part of the script. And then I started looking through my camera for reactions.

3. Dmytro Shymkiv:

   Initially everybody thought, including me, that it was just an attack with a virus, it was not an attack with a virus, it was opening a back door, which was a hack of the computer networks on a broad scale and then eliminating the results with a virus.

4. Plamen Doynov:

   It’s bloodless, at least initially.

5. Ensheng Dong:

   Initially, [ I worried about my family ] ; right now, it's their time to worry about my situation in the Ensheng Dong.

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