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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On the view here given, it may be asked, Why have the species which were aboriginally twiners been converted in so many groups into leaf- climbers or tendril-bearers?
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles
For reasons stated previously the author does not believe that the Tarquines occupied this spot aboriginally.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
To believe that man was aboriginally 184 civilised and then suffered utter degradation in so many regions, is to take a pitiably low view of human nature.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
Is it not probable that guest-flies were aboriginally gall-makers, and bear the same relation to them which Apathus probably does to Bombus?
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
A man cannot, however, deviate at once so widely and so spontaneously in his impulses from the rest of the world in which he himself lives without possessing an aboriginally abnormal temperament.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Ellis, Havelock
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