ORIGINALLY


Meaning of ORIGINALLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ərɪdʒɪnəli ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

When you say what happened or was the case originally , you are saying what happened or was the case when something began or came into existence, often to contrast it with what happened later.

The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended...

France originally refused to sign the treaty...

= initially

ADV : ADV with v , ADV with cl / group

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