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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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
In some cases the intercrossing of aboriginally distinct species appears to have played an important part in the origin of our breeds.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
Many of these points are of so unimportant, or of so singular a nature, that it is extremely improbable that they should have been independently acquired by aboriginally distinct species or races.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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
A total of 268 converts would imply a population of at least 500 persons at the time of conversion and probably more aboriginally.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
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