单词 | initially |
释义 | initiallyadv. In relation to, or in the way of, a beginning; at the beginning, at the outset, at first. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1628 |
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