originallyadverb
uk/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl.i/us/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl.i/B2 first of all:
Originally it was a bedroom, but we turned it into a study.
More examples
- The building was originally Victorian in design.
- The city grew up originally as a crossing point on the river.
- The novel was originally published in hardcover.
- It was Bob who originally put up the idea of the exhibition.
- New York was originally a Dutch trading post.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
First and firstly
- at first idiom
- begin
- debut
- first come, first served idiom
- firstly
- for starters idiom
- from the word go idiom
- in the first/second place idiom
- inaugural
- initial
- initially
- introduction
- place
- prefatory
- primary
- proto-
- starter
- to begin with idiom
- ur-
- word
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