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
A total of 268 converts would imply a population of at least 500 persons at the time of conversion and probably more aboriginally.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
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)
Since the pipe had been broken at that end, it may have been repaired aboriginally with such a cord.
From A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 by Massey, William C.
It appears clear that aboriginally there were two semipermanent sites and a number of temporary settlements.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
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