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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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
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
As to religion, he says, “There is no evidence that man- 116 - was aboriginally endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence of an omnipotent God.”
From Life of Charles Darwin by Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas)
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
For reasons stated previously the author does not believe that the Tarquines occupied this spot aboriginally.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
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