initially
Academic Word List, sublist 3.
About 24.27 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb At the beginning.
Initially, I found city life incredibly difficult, but now I'm used to it.
- adverb Relating to initials.
Similar words
ab initio at first at the start origin start starting provisionally firstly foremost principally
Often followed by
the in to at by a and as be
Word family
initial
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