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Initially
/ɪˈnɪʃəli/
At the beginning or start of a process or situation.
Synonyms:
at first
originally
primarily
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Examples:
She was nervous
initially
but then relaxed.
Initially
, the book was hard to understand.
Etymology:
Derived from the Latin word
initium
, meaning
entrance
or
beginning
, which evolved to
initial
in Late Latin and then into the English
initially
.
Usage Statistics:
28 mentions per 1 million words
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