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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
initially
adverb
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■ 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 be too advanced for the developing countries.
▪ This last point is less self-evident than appears initially.
▪ As we switch to this system, two charges may initially appear on the same statement.
develop
▪ A computational model of this type that was initially developed for shape-perception is now being applied to the control of bodily movement.
▪ Each seems to be specified separately and to initially develop quite independently of its future neighbours and associates.
oppose
▪ A survey last year showed that 54 % of citizens were initially opposed to the hunt.
▪ Chavalit and other politicians initially opposed the constitution because it threatened their careers.
▪ Dole did initially oppose it but ultimately voted for it that year.
propose
▪ It was proposed initially that the ten water authorities should be privatised intact, but these proposals were abandoned.
▪ This was quite different from the detail initially proposed by Thomas and described in the patent application.
refuse
▪ She initially refused, but ultimately relented under the constant pressure.
report
▪ The 1995 total is higher than initially reported last week because certain figures were unavailable.
▪ Many clinical studies initially reported excellent results with the drug.
▪ The group initially reported 1. 14 for November.
▪ Holloway initially reported that Tyson called his Farmington home for a car.
seem
▪ Rocks may not seem initially to be particularly magnetic.
▪ Hannah had been slow to warm up to her father and initially seemed frightened by him.
▪ Indeed it might seem initially that a part of the definition of conversation might be its unpredictability and lack of structure.
▪ Operationalization of variables must be done with care and often is more complicated than it initially seems.
▪ What seems initially unique and disturbing can become a well-known if regrettable fact of life shared with many others.
▪ It may not be as significant as it initially seemed.
set
▪ A 1% target reduction in casualties has been set initially but this will be reviewed as part of the project.
▪ The war establishment was initially set at 29 officers and 572 other ranks.
▪ And with Herbert Ross initially set to direct, the production has undergone many changes before reaching the Emerald Isle.
think
▪ His death has triggered questions over whether a larger section of society than initially thought may be vulnerable to the disease.
▪ Now Stein is waiting for the money he initially thought would be available Tuesday.
▪ This process of building up internal representations turns out to be considerably more complicated than was initially thought.
▪ You initially think that their memory is okay.
▪ It is understood he initially thought of going there at the weekend but was advised against it by the police.
▪ This can be so profound that, for example, the patient is initially thought to have Guillain-Barre syndrome.
use
▪ Data were examined initially using the Francia and Shapria W' test of normality.
▪ The solution was found initially using the entire Fab molecule, and confirmed using two half-molecules comprising the constant and variable regions.
▪ The original, unaltered version of the story had been used initially as a sample exercise in undergraduate stylistics tutorials.
▪ They had even initially used somewhat similar stationery, although with an altered logo.
▪ Often these houses were used initially as museums, but eventually fell victim to a series of expenditure cutbacks.
▪ The farmsteads and hamlets thus created may have been used initially as temporary steadings, but eventually a number were permanently occupied.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Initially

Initially \In*i"tial*ly\, adv. In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.
--Barrow.

Wiktionary
initially

adv. At the beginning.

WordNet
initially

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.