Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb With reference to origin.
- adverb At first.
- adverb In a highly distinctive manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- At first; at the origin; at an early period.
- From the beginning or origin; from the first.
- As first author, creator, or inventor; hence, in a novel or characteristically individual manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation.
- adverb At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb As it was in the beginning.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb before now
- adverb with reference to the origin or beginning
- adverb in an original manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word originally comes from an old French word, “jambon.”
THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009
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The word originally comes from an old French word, “jambon.”
THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009
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The Marines called it “going Asiatic,” a term originally used to describe personality quirks developed by men serving long hitches in the Far East.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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The Marines called it “going Asiatic,” a term originally used to describe personality quirks developed by men serving long hitches in the Far East.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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The term originally was spelled wholistic, to reflect this orientation.
CREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE Jennifer Ann Daddio 2003
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The term originally was spelled wholistic, to reflect this orientation.
CREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE Jennifer Ann Daddio 2003
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The term originally denoted the business district's silicon chip manufacturers.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Keith Ecker 2011
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Captives provide insurance to their parent companies, and the term originally referred to subsidiaries set up by any large company to insure the company's own risks.
NYT > Home Page By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH 2011
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The term originally referred to debt sold only by foreign companies and was later widened to include bonds sold by Korean firms, Kim said.
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And in the spirit of sensorama a term originally coined, I believe by my friend John Grant in the UK you need to create a total experience, a feel, a touch, a sound, and a charming and original personality.
Forbes.com: News Scott Goodson 2011
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