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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
originally
adv
  1. in an original manner
  2. with reference to the origin or beginning
    Synonym(s): primitively, originally, in the beginning
  3. before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
    Synonym(s): in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Originally \O*rig"i*nal*ly\, adv.
      1. In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily;
            from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or
            imitation.
  
                     God is originally holy in himself.      --Bp. Pearson.
  
      2. At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or
            costruction; as, a book originally written by another
            hand. [bd]Originally a half length [portrait].[b8]
            --Walpole.
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