aboriginally
Americanadverb
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in or since the earliest time; originally.
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often Aboriginally, in a way that relates to Aboriginal or other Indigenous peoples, especially of Australia.
Example Sentences
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Man, it may be added, does not appear to have aboriginally inhabited any oceanic island; and in this respect he resembles the other members of his class.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
Stewart makes it quite clear that aboriginally the Kacia had no permanent settlements on the coast itself.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
It appears clear that aboriginally there were two semipermanent sites and a number of temporary settlements.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
If you say that nebulous matter existed aboriginally and from eternity, with all its present complex powers in a potential state, you seem to me to beg the whole question.'
From God and the World A Survey of Thought by Robinson, Arthur William
But each organism will still retain the general type of structure of the progenitor from which it was aboriginally derived.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
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