1. With reference to the origin or beginning
   - primitively, originally 
2. Before now
   - in the first place, earlier, to begin with, originally

Encyclopedia: In the beginning

• shorthand
• shorthand typist
• shorthorn
• shortia
• Shortia galacifolia
• shortie
• shortish
• shortleaf pine
• shortleaf yellow pine
• shortlist
• shortly
• shortness
• shortness of breath
• shorts
• shortsighted
• shortsightedness
• shortstop
• shorttail weasel
• shortwave diathermy machine
• shorty
• Shoshone
• Shoshonean
• Shoshonean language
• Shoshoni
• Shoshonian