initially
adverb
ini·tial·ly
i-ˈni-sh(ə-)lē 
: at the beginning : at first
The reason I initially came here was to find work.
It turned out that the situation was not as serious as we had initially believed.
Initially, the symptoms are mild.
Examples of initially in a Sentence
we initially intended to rebuild our hurricane-damaged home from the ground up
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee initially advanced Waltz’s nomination 12-10 in July.
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
His father told Robinson to turn himself in, with the 22-year-old initially saying no, but later changing his mind, officials said.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
The series initially aired as a miniseries in 2005 and produced a second season that aired in 2014.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
His father told Robinson to turn himself in, with the 22-year-old initially saying no, but later changing his mind, officials said.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
The series initially aired as a miniseries in 2005 and produced a second season that aired in 2014.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
The Camera app has been streamlined for simplicity, with just two options, Video and Photo, showing initially.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for initially
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“Initially.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/initially. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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