primordial
adjective
constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary.
primordially
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a word derived from
primordial.
Example Sentences
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In another picture, crisp white light graces the curved inner wall of a lava tube, affording us a revelatory glimpse of a space primordially secret and raw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2018
Centuries of cultural, economic, and military fraternity with Americans were apparently not enough to prevent Brits from being primordially thrilled to see an American bro bleed.
From The Verge ● Aug. 27, 2018
There’s a shark attack within the first two minutes of Jaume Collet-Serra’s brash, primordially enjoyable woman-vs.-nature thriller The Shallows, which is good news for impatient sorts.
From Time ● Dec. 28, 2016
There’s something authentically Greek, something primordially visionary and speculative, in Lee’s imaginative, profoundly sympathetic approach—and that, too, risks becoming a source of misunderstanding.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2015
A part of this difference may be attributed to descent from primordially distinct species; but we may feel sure that there has been a considerable amount of variation.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin
