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ini·tial·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
initially, ab initioadverb
at the beginning
"at first he didn't notice anything strange"
Wiktionary
initiallyadverb
at the beginning
Initially, I found city life incredibly difficult, but now I'm used to it.
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initially
Initially is an adverb that is used to describe something that is happening, existing or done at the start or beginning of a process, situation, or series of events. It refers to the first stage or first time something occurs.
Webster Dictionary
Initiallyadverb
in an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning
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Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2694
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2985
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Adverbs Frequency: #214
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of initially in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of initially in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of initially in a Sentence
Initially he resisted. He feared change, and he was concerned that his stuff was going to be left behind and he wouldn't get it back, ever.
While policymakers are still trying to maintain the trade-weighted (yuan) exchange rate in a stable range, we now anticipate that they will transition towards targeting a depreciation in the NEER (nominal effective exchange rate) about two quarters earlier than initially expected, this move will help policymakers to still cut interest rates to manage deflationary pressures, but will imply further depreciation of the yuan (against the dollar).
It's not as simple as I initially thought, this is happening across cities. It seems the situation may be more complex.
He changed his return position, that's why I did it. He was standing very close to return [initially], he was struggling a little bit on the first-serve return. So he stepped probably two meters further back. As soon as I saw him step further back, I threw the underarm serve in.
Jessica Biel is the best... I had known that Jessica Biel and Melissa were both a part of this project from when I initially signed on and getting to meet them and talk to them about this show was incredible, i've looked up to Jessica Biel for years, Jessica Biel's Jessica Biel and a strong woman. There's a lot to aspire to.
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