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Definitions for originally
əˈrɪdʒ ə nl iorig·i·nal·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. originallyadverb

    in an original manner

  2. primitively, originally, in the beginningadverb

    with reference to the origin or beginning

  3. in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originallyadverb

    before now

    "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

Wiktionary

  1. originallyadverb

    As it was in the beginning.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Originallyadverb

    Etymology: from original.

    A very great difference between a king that holdeth his crown by a willing act of estates, and one that holdeth it originally by the law of nature and descent of blood. Francis Bacon.

    A present blessing upon our fasts, is neither originally due from God’s justice, nor becomes due to us from his veracity. George Smalridge, Sermons.

    The metallic and mineral matter, found in the perpendicular intervals of the strata, was originally, and at the time of the deluge, lodged in the bodies of those strata. John Woodward.

    For what originally others writ,
    May be so well disguis’d and so improv’d,
    That with some justice it may pass for yours. Wentworth Dillon.

Wikipedia

  1. Originally

    Originally is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1956, but not released on the Columbia label until 1982. The album features unreleased tracks from the sessions that produced The Jazz Messengers and Hard Bop which have since been released as bonus tracks on those albums and Drum Suite.

ChatGPT

  1. originally

    Originally refers to the first point or source of something, the beginning or the initial state. It can also mean in the first place, or from the start.

Wikidata

  1. Originally

    Originally is a 1956 LP release by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for Columbia records. Though recorded in 1956, it was not printed until decades later. It features recordings from separate dates with different musicians, including trumpeter Donald Byrd, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Doug Watkins, alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, and trumpeter Bill Hardman.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'originally' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2372

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'originally' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2073

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'originally' in Adverbs Frequency: #183

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of originally in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of originally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of originally in a Sentence

  1. Johnny Futhey:

    When I originally posted I thought it would get some interest but didn't realize it would be like a million views! i posted it because I was like, the world needs to see this.

  2. Adam White:

    There's a lot of specific criticism of the Roe precedent, the way Roe was originally decided, the quality of the court's reasoning, the quality of the court's original sort of historical analysis, but what you see, when you take an extra step back, is this is a pretty comprehensive originalist argument, in terms of beginning with the text.

  3. Kanye West:

    My name is Kanye, I'm from the south side of Chicago, i'm originally a producer. I always wanted to rap and no one really believed in me, so I wanted to try some things out, ya know?

  4. Johnny Isakson:

    I want to thank John McCain, whose idea this was originally : a great hero to all of us, a friend to all of us, one we love and pray for today as John McCain recovers from cancer. John McCain is the one who started the movement toward Choice, and John McCain deserves the credit for it.

  5. Roald Dahl:

    When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!

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