Usually means: From the beginning; at first.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Originally:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. originally: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. originally: Merriam-Webster
  3. originally: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. originally: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. originally: Collins English Dictionary
  6. originally: Vocabulary.com
  7. Originally, originally: Wordnik
  8. originally: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. originally: Wiktionary
  10. originally: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. originally: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. originally: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Originally, originally: Dictionary.com
  14. originally: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Originally: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Originally: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. originally: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. originally: Rhymezone
  19. Originally: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. originally: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. originally: FreeDictionary.org
  22. originally: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. originally: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. originally: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (originally)

▸ adverb:  (not comparable) As it was in the beginning.
▸ adverb:  In an original manner.

Similar:
to begin with, earlier, primitively, in the beginning, in the first place, orginally, initially, previously, actually, originate, more...

Opposite:
subsequently, lately, recently, afterward, finally

Phrases:
as originally placed, originally from, originally made, originally there before anything else, more...

Colors:
    crimson,     indigo,     azure,     vermilion,     cerulean, more...



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Similar:
to begin with, earlier, primitively, in the beginning, in the first place, orginally, initially, previously, actually, originate, more...

Opposite:
subsequently, lately, recently, afterward, finally

Phrases:
as originally placed, originally from, originally made, originally there before anything else, more...

Colors:
    crimson,     indigo,     azure,     vermilion,     cerulean, more...



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