Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an initial manner; at the beginning; at first.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb at the beginning
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb at the beginning
Etymologies
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Examples
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The former kickboxing trainer was sentenced in April after a ruling in which judges in the Denpasar District Court added two years to the term initially requested by prosecutors.
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As a result, the label initially had something of Wolfe's cheekiness about it.
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Mr Fischer's fate shows that Britain has no monopoly on aggressive tabloids-a word initially used for compressed tablets in the late 19th century, but which then came to mean "compact" journalism.
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Mr Fischer's fate shows that Britain has no monopoly on aggressive tabloids-a word initially used for compressed tablets in the late 19th century, but which then came to mean "compact" journalism.
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Members who attended the meeting later countered that the tone of the discussion was not nearly as apocalyptic as the phrase initially made it sound.
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Though the label initially elicited skepticism, it has taken hold with many Asian players, and China has had considerable success at the event in recent years.
NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY 2011
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And while Fletcher used the term initially as an academic tool, slow reading has since become a more wide-ranging concept.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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As a result, the label initially had something of Wolfe's cheekiness about it.
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The term initially described inexpensive woodblock prints for a new merchant class who wanted art but couldn't afford original painting.
Forbes.com: News 2009
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Developing the title initially was very much an iterative process, and now that process has been broadened to include the fan community as a whole.
Steam RSS News Feed 2008
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