aboriginally C2 Topic:Nature & Landscape US /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.ə.li/ See IPA manual Freq #517422 Meanings 1 adv From or in the earliest known times. […] man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea which aboriginally belongs to it. 2 adv In the period before contact with Europeans (especially with reference to peoples subjected to colonization). Xaymaca, as the island was aboriginally known, is situated in the Caribbean Sea […]. 3 adv By indigenous Canadians (often capitalized in this sense). All land subject to the claim becomes either Crown land or aboriginally-owned land. 4 adv To the utmost degree (modifying an adjective.) Though his rage against iniquity is aboriginally simple and childlike, and is certainly not always level-headed, it is never divorced from reason […]. Thesaurus Synonyms 4 adv · to the utmost degree... absolutelythoroughlyutterly Etymology From aboriginal + -ly. Topics Nature & Landscape External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # aboriginally **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.ə.li/ **Frequency rank:** 517422 ## Meanings 1. From or in the earliest known times. 2. In the period before contact with Europeans (especially with reference to peoples subjected to colonization). 3. By indigenous Canadians (often capitalized in this sense). 4. To the utmost degree (modifying an adjective.) ## Examples - […] man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea which aboriginally belongs to it. - Xaymaca, as the island was aboriginally known, is situated in the Caribbean Sea […]. - All land subject to the claim becomes either Crown land or aboriginally-owned land. - Though his rage against iniquity is aboriginally simple and childlike, and is certainly not always level-headed, it is never divorced from reason […]. ## Etymology From aboriginal + -ly. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape markdown