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originally

[əˈrɪdʒənəli]

Definition:
1. In an original manner.
2. With reference to the origin or beginning.
3. Before now.

Use 'originally' in a sentence:

  1. France originally refused to sign the treaty.
  2. There was Greek blood in his veins: his ancestors originally bore the name Karajannis.
  3. In a new interview, Hillary Clinton said she originally turned down the job as secretary of state.
  4. The vote date was originally set for tomorrow.
  5. The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended.
  6. The council's land is now worth much less than originally hoped because of a slump in property prices.
  7. Originally, we had intended to go to Italy, but then we won the trip to Greece.
  8. I was disturbed to hear that the selection committee originally decided not to send a British team to this year's Championships.
  9. The guards were originally hired to watch over the houses as they were being built.
  10. The proposal originally emanated from the UN.
  11. This standard was not originally created to deal with EA models.
  12. "I was raised originally by my parents!" She said.
  13. The team of archaeologists found the spot where his bones were originally interred.
  14. A survey of 100 winter-swimmers in different age groups indicates that 80 percent originally suffered from diseases of some kind.
  15. Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee.
  16. Airplane food might not really be as tasteless as you originally thought.
  17. The company originally intended to reopen the factory with non-union workers.
  18. 'Chatter' is originally a frequentative form of 'chat'.
  19. Cosby had originally selected her to co-star in his movie 'Leonard Part 6'.
  20. There were originally six of them.
  21. The president has accepted a diminution of the powers he originally wanted.
  22. The valley was originally bridged by the Romans.
  23. This same system was originally utilized by the Chinese laborers who had preceded the Japanese.
  24. Although we try our best, sometimes our paintings rarely turn out as originally planned.
  25. Lufthansa had originally planned to hive off its domestic operations into a subsidiary, Lufthansa Express.
  26. It originally retailed at $23.50.
  27. Israel had originally wanted$ 1 billion in aid, but compromised on the$ 650 million.
  28. While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end in itself.
  29. He originally acted as a fence for another gang before turning to burglary himself.
  30. Originally released in 1957, the film was remade as 'The Magnificent Seven'.
  31. Maupin's novels have all appeared originally as serials.
  32. The seminar originally scheduled for today has been cancelled.
  33. The crater, now deeply buried in sediment, was originally about 200 kilometers in diameter.
  34. That could actually solve my dilemma, but, what I originally wanted to ask you?
  35. It was originally planned as a reference library for the federal legislature.
  36. Although unlike potatoes, they weren't originally cultivated there.
  37. It originally retailed at £ 23.50.
  38. Sunset Boulevard was originally conceived by Wilder as an astringent satire on Hollywood.
  39. Japan had originally demanded the return of two seamen held on spying charges.
  40. The castle was originally surrounded by a triple wall, only one of which remains.
  41. The Christian calendar was originally based on the Julian calendar of the Romans.
  42. Central to the operation is a mile-deep well, dug originally to explore for oil.
  43. Originally the intention was to intersperse the historical scenes with modern ones.
  44. Originally, Hatfield had been intended as a leisure complex.
  45. The school was originally very small.
  46. She comes originally from York.
  47. The acts were originally designed to force the French to gradually abandon their American colonies.
  48. That invention was the arch, a curved structure originally made of separate stone or brick segments.
  49. The song was originally a filler on their first album.
  50. The island was originally circular in shape.
  51. Shakespearean women's roles were originally written to be played by men.