aboriginally

American  

[ab-er-i-juhn-uh-lee] / ˌæb ərˈɪ dʒən ə li /

adverb

1. in or since the earliest time; originally.

2. often Aboriginally, in a way that relates to Aboriginal or other Indigenous peoples, especially of Australia.

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Example Sentences

Hence it might be argued that the females had aboriginally been furnished with well-developed spurs, but that these had subsequently been lost through disuse or natural selection.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

That many breeds produced by man have to a large extent the character of natural species is shown by the inextricable doubts whether many of them are varieties or aboriginally distinct species.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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

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 by Darwin, Charles

But each organism still retains the general type of structure of the progenitor from which it was aboriginally derived.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles