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

  • (..) All you have to do is ask, This is an account of a criminal case that went nowhere, What,,, Uh, "The witness states that the defendant is not the one she'd originally I, D,'d," She thought she'd identified the driver in a lineup, But the man on trial was not the same man, (..)
    1994 The Glass Shield