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originally

/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nə.li/ adverb B2
  1. As it was in the beginning; at first. · Originally, this paper was white, but over the years it has yellowed with age.
  2. In an original manner. · They had to think originally to come up with those creative ideas.
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It was quite evident, by her manner, that her uneasiness was not feigned; and Franz himself could not resist a feeling of superstitious dread—so much the stronger in him, as it arose from a variety of corroborative recollections, while the terror of the countess sprang from an instinctive belief, originally created in her mind by the wild tales she had listened to till she believed them truths.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 376 · C1
Collins expected the scene to inspire, and was but slightly affected by his enumeration of the windows in front of the house, and his relation of what the glazing altogether had originally cost Sir Lewis de Bourgh.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 186 · B2
“Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 2 · C1
“You see,” he explained, “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 14 · B2

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