originally
/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nə.li/ adverb
- adverb (not comparable) As it was in the beginning; at first. “Originally, this paper was white, but over the years it has yellowed with age.”
- adverb In an original manner. “They had to think originally to come up with those creative ideas.”
Synonyms
at first innovatively outside the box initially at the start primitively in the beginning in the first place earlier to begin with
Etymology
From Middle English originali; equivalent to original + -ly.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “originally”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details