2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Originally  \O*rig"i*nal*ly\,  adv 
  1.  In  the  original  time,  or  in  an  original  manner;  primarily; 
  from  the  beginning  or  origin;  not  by  derivation,  or 
  imitation. 
 
  God  is  originally  holy  in  himself.  --Bp.  Pearson. 
 
  2.  At  first  at  the  origin;  at  the  time  of  formation  or 
  costruction;  as  a  book  originally  written  by  another 
  hand.  ``Originally  a  half  length  [portrait].''  --Walpole. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  originally 
  adv  1:  in  an  original  manner 
  2:  with  reference  to  the  origin  or  beginning  [syn:  {primitively}, 
  {in  the  beginning}] 
  3:  before  now  "why  didn't  you  tell  me  in  the  first  place?" 
  [syn:  {in  the  first  place},  {earlier},  {in  the  beginning}, 
  {to  begin  with}] 

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