initially

B1
US /ɪˈnɪʃəli/
adv Freq #9440

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    At the beginning.

    Initially, I found city life incredibly difficult, but now I'm used to it.

  2. 2
    adv

    at the beginning

Etymology

From initial + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · at the beginning. at firstin the first placeinitiallyoriginallyto begin withto start with
2 adv · at the beginning ab initio
Opposites
finallymedially

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