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originally, adv.|ɒˈrɪdʒɪnəlɪ|
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1. In respect of origin, derivation, or causation; by extraction or descent; indigenously.
1490Caxton Eneydos iv. 19 The haboundaunce of bloode whiche thou haste seen yssue oute of the trees..is not orygynally of thyse trees. 1509–10Act 1 Hen. VIII, c. 18 §2 The Quene [shall] have like Habilitie..as though she had orygynally ben borne within this Realme. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. i. §7 (1622) 185 Though instrumentally they be wrought by the Sun; yet are they originally wrought, onely by God. 1648Milton Tenure Kings (1650) 19 The power of kings was and is originally the peoples, and by them conferr'd in trust, with liberty and right to reassume it. 1698A. Brand Emb. Muscovy to China 88 He is originally a Mongul Tartar, of a brown Complexion. 1711Addison Spect. No. 69 ⁋5 Natural Historians tell us, that no Fruit grows Originally among us. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 121 Matter is supposed, originally, to consist of minute divisible, or indivisible atoms. Mod. He is originally German, but has long been naturalized in England.
2. In the first place, primarily.
1533More Confut. Tindale Wks. 734/1 Originally y⊇ scripture is knowen as Tindall hymselfe confesseth by none other churche, as the faythe is originallye learned by none other scripture. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 117 Though it originally respected the generation of man, yet is it applyable unto that of other animalls. 1783Ld. Hailes Antiq. Chr. Ch. iv. 118 ‘Dust to dust’, which we consider as originally a denunciation of the divine displeasure, was in the Stoical system, a chief topic of consolation. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 497 Education is originally to implant in men's minds a sense of truth and justice.
b. In its origin, beginning, or earliest stage; at first, at the beginning, initially.
1651Hobbes Leviath. i. vii. 30 As for the Knowledge of Fact, it is originally, Sense; and ever after, Memory. 1711Steele Spect. No. 78 ⁋4 The Club of Ugly Faces was instituted originally at Cambridge. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772. 251 Originally..here were three noble globes. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge i, The bricks..had originally been a deep dark red. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet I. 156 My station, originally, was not lofty.
3. From the beginning, from the first.
1654Bramhall Just Vind. iii. (1661) 32 First, England is, that is, originally, not shall be by vertue of this act. a1871Grote Eth. Fragm. i. (1876) 14 The indefinite power which each man originally possesses of hurting his neighbours.
†4. By the person or author himself; not in a copy or transcript. Obs.
1661–2Marvell Corr. Wks. 1872–5 II. 77 Two..petitions, both alike originally subscribed.
5. In a manner or style that comes fresh from the author; with originality. rare.
1882Ogilvie, Originally. 1. In an original manner; as, the author treats this subject very originally. |