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initially
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Word definitions for initially in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Initially \In*i"tial*ly\, adv. In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning. --Barrow.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB appear ▪ Let us return to the two quotations with which we began, which may initially appear diametrically opposed. ▪ This meeting broadened the scope of the program by including topics which initially appeared to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. At the beginning.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. at the beginning; "at first he didn't notice anything strange" [syn: ab initio , at first , at the start ]
Usage examples of initially.
Initially, she appeared to have some bruising beneath one eye and faint scratches and abrasions on one knee.
With few forces to spare, no more than an armored cavalry regiment would initially be deployed in the vast province abutting an unfriendly country and including large Sunni cities.
An aerosol version of the sedative will be used initially to stupefy the populations of Istanbul and Ankara.
Pepper is often described as the first concept album, but it was not initially conceived as such.
Initially, the pharmaceuticals had left Gilbertus in an apathetic stupor.
Bolo and its Commander, especially not for a Bolo which was not initially designed for neural interfacing.
The soft Fandreans had initially created the force field and the carefully balanced ecological environment within simply so the beasts that called Fandre home would have a place to live, and so that the Fan dreans would not be forced to eliminate them to insure their own survival.
Initially Ross had made freebase in small medicine vials, one gram at a time.
He reached the bottom of the slope below the supermarket and saw what he initially took to be a pile of brown rags, but closer inspection revealed a rigid hand, its fingers clutching the gelid air as if trying to take hold on life itself.
He offered, very sensibly, to extend the terms of reference to include an Afridi protection squad of Khassadars, I think he called them, who will guard the road workers initially and stay on as road patrols for the convoys when they start coming through.
Susan or Vicki for lunch, definitely accompany Barbara to the hospital for her scheduled laparoscopy, an idea Tony had initially vetoed.
Even the Panchen Lama, initially wooed by the Chinese, was relieved of his office in 1964 and placed under house arrest in Peking as a traitor.
In fact, Posie initially declared them birds, and grew annoyed as the crew insisted on calling them dragonflies.
Initially her prickliness, her willingness to be indifferent to conventional manners, misled him, but after the first week, he began to see these other qualities.
Another fifty or sixty lost lock initially, but managed to reacquire their targets or to find new ones, yet their need to quest for fresh victims delayed them, kicked them slightly behind the rest of the stream to make them easier point defense targets.