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单词 initially
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initiallyadv.

Brit. /ɪˈnɪʃl̩i/, /ɪˈnɪʃəli/, U.S. /ᵻˈnɪʃ(ə)li/
Etymology: < initial adj. + -ly suffix2.
In relation to, or in the way of, a beginning; at the beginning, at the outset, at first.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adverb]
firstlOE
beginninglya1340
originally1430
firstly1605
initiallya1628
a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1629) xi. 115 That vpon which all the promises hang initially, is nothing but beleeving.
1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 61 The Minds of Believers are transformed initially into the Image of God.
1857 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. (rev. ed.) p. xxv We shall find the difference to lie initially in the rigour with which our deductive formulas are established.
1869 R. A. Proctor in Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 372/2 A globe supposed initially at rest.
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