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originally

 adverb
     
o‧rig‧i‧nal‧ly S2 W2
in the beginning, before other things happened or before things changed:
The family originally came from France.
The building was originally used as a prison.
We originally intended to stay for just a few days.
[sentence adverb]
Originally, we had planned a tour of Scotland but we didn't go in the end.
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