originally Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in an original manner
  2. adverb with reference to the origin or beginning
    in the beginning; primitively.
  3. adverb before now
    in the first place; in the beginning; earlier; to begin with.
    • why didn't you tell me in the first place?

WordNet

O*rig"i*nal*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation.
    God is originally holy in himself. Bp. Pearson.
  2. At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand. "Originally a half length [portrait]." Walpole.

Webster 1913