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 whole, the writer feels that the evidence is insufficient to warrant placing the Luechas in the coast ranges as a group aboriginally native to that area.
From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
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
The almost entire absence of associated grasses, which forms so remarkable a feature in the vegetation of this island, may perhaps be accounted for by the land having been aboriginally covered with forest-trees.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
To believe that man was aboriginally 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 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
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