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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Originally \O*rig"i*nal*ly\, adv.
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  originally
       adv 1: in an original manner
       2: with reference to the origin or beginning [syn: {primitively},
           {in the beginning}]
       3: before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
          [syn: {in the first place}, {earlier}, {in the beginning},
           {to begin with}]

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