originally

Definition

  • adverb: in the beginning
  • adverb: by 'origin' or derivation
  • synonyms: primarily

Examples

  • They 'originally' planned to fix their old car, but they decided to buy a new one instead.

  • She has shown an ability to think 'originally' about ways to improve the company.

  • a New Yorker who is 'originally' from Mexico

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) He came in, lay down, did his thing. He's not complained once. I mean, I think it's all gone to his head, really. This armor was actually designed originally... ...for the Battle of the Five Armies. We had been designing... ...and starting to manufacture these characters. (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • (..) And all my friends, they're jealous, and I can't tell them anything... ...or I'd have to kill them. We had some familiar old faces who are now really old. A few that had originally been in ...you know, turned up. Gorgeous. we had-- We were on as a Hobbit quite a bit. There was more main actors (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey