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originally Definition

origi·nally (ə rij′i nəl ē)

adverb

  1. with reference to origin, or beginning
  2. in the first place; initially
  3. in an independent or new way
originally Synonyms

originally

modif.

  1. In an original manner

    imaginatively, creatively, ingeniously, inventively, novelly, freshly, startlingly, modernly, in a new fashion, in the first instance, in the first place, in a new manner, independently, originatively, artistically, with genius.

  2. In the beginning

    first, incipiently, basically; see formerly.