primeval
adjective
of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world.
primevally
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a word derived from
primeval.
Example Sentences
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It is to be observed that primevally among the Norse the ash alone stood for man.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
It's vast and silent, and, though our homesteads are crude and new, once you pass the breaking it's primevally old.
From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cyrus Cuneo
Kedzie stood on tiptoe, primevally trying to lift her ears higher still to hear what followed.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
His dress suit, primevally old, would scarcely, she reflected, hold together another winter.
From The Mating of Lydia by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The rock, whose cleft the river had primevally chosen, was here more broken than above; various edges protruded maddeningly as Flor skimmed by almost within reach.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various
