Definitions for initially
ini·tial·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. initially, ab initioadverb

   at the beginning

   "at first he didn't notice anything strange"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. initiallyadverb

   at the beginning

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

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1. initially

   Initially is an adverb that is used to describe something that is happening, existing or done at the start or beginning of a process, situation, or series of events. It refers to the first stage or first time something occurs.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Initiallyadverb

   in an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2694

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2985

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'initially' in Adverbs Frequency: #214

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce initially?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say initially in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of initially in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of initially in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of initially in a Sentence

1. Ann Hynes:

   We think Amazon’s roll-out of pharmacies will initially be focused on locations located in Whole Foods stores, similar to the Target and Walmart model.

2. Lex Van Dam:

   Brexit is becoming a lot more likely than initially expected and the market is indeed becoming more fearful. It is very much a binary event and until then buying dips and selling rallies seems the sensible idea.

3. Michael Tesler:

   They may not care that much about race initially, and then they see Trump pushing on race so hard on race, and so they push back.

4. Lin Wen-hsuan:

   Initially I had expected to wait until the second half of the season before being able to enter the stadium, i feel very happy.

5. Isaiah Mobley:

   What I have noticed is when there are no fans, there are more technical fouls called. The refs can hear what is being said, they did a good job of initially trying to stop it, but there was a lot of chirping going on.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=initially
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Initially
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/initially
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=initially