Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a primeval manner; in the earliest times.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
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- adverb In a
primeval manner; in or from the earliest times;originally .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don ' t know when whistling started, primevally I imagine, but all down the generations the practice has helped to ease the passage of the nations.
You Know How to Whistle, Don Jan Morris 2010
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Natural light is the most beautiful; the variations in its quality morning to night are primevally meaningful.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Natural light is the most beautiful; the variations in its quality morning to night are primevally meaningful.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Natural light is the most beautiful; the variations in its quality morning to night are primevally meaningful.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Natural light is the most beautiful; the variations in its quality morning to night are primevally meaningful.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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This was so primevally strong, almost cavemanlike, smooth and rough at the same time, like the best whisky.
License Invoked Asprin, Robert 2001
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Above Nairobi, however, in the Kikuyu forest, the land was still primevally lush, a patchwork of garden and woods, sheltering both animals and men.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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Above Nairobi, however, in the Kikuyu forest, the land was still primevally lush, a patchwork of garden and woods, sheltering both animals and men.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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He had no idea what it was like to be primevally alone with nature, and it was unlikely he would ever find out, for all his present interest.
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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He had no idea what it was like to be primevally alone with nature, and it was unlikely he would ever find out, for all his present interest.
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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