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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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
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
Hence it might be argued that the females had aboriginally been furnished with well-developed spurs, but that these had subsequently been lost either through disuse or natural selection.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles
On the basis of all these facts the author believes that the Tachi aboriginally possessed one village with at least 1,600 inhabitants and that Cabot's figure for this village was reasonably accurate.
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
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