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.

"Originally a half length [portrait]."

Walpole.

 

© Webster 1913.

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