"initially" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ɪˈnɪʃəli/, /ɪˈnɪʃli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-initially.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree English initial Middle English -ly English -ly English initially From initial + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|initial|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English initial Middle English -ly English -ly English initially [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "initially", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="initially"> From initial + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} initially (not comparable)
  1. At the beginning. Tags: not-comparable Translations (at the beginning): τὴν ἀρχὴν (tḕn arkhḕn) (Ancient Greek), башта (başta) (Bashkir), първоначално (părvonačalno) (Bulgarian), отначало (otnačalo) (Bulgarian), 起初 (qǐchū) (Chinese Mandarin), 最初 (zuìchū) (Chinese Mandarin), aanvankelijk (Dutch), komence (Esperanto), aluksi (Finnish), alun perin (Finnish), initialement (French), au début (French), au commencement (French), inicialmente (Galician), zunächst (German), anfangs (German), 始めに (hajime ni) (Japanese), 처음에 (cheo'eume) (Korean), ᡨᡠᡴᡨᠠᠨ (tuktan) (Manchu), inicialament (Occitan), początkowo (Polish), inicialmente (Portuguese), первонача́льно (pervonačálʹno) (Russian), изнача́льно (iznačálʹno) (Russian), снача́ла (snačála) (Russian), внача́ле (vnačále) (Russian), an toiseach (Scottish Gaelic), sa chiad dol a-mach (Scottish Gaelic), inicialmente (Spanish), al principio (Spanish), en un principio (Spanish), al comienzo (Spanish), al inicio (Spanish), mwanzo (Swahili), inledningsvis (Swedish), ตอนแรก (Thai), бастаан (bastaan) (Yakut)
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  2. Relating to initials. Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: at first, initially, in the first place [idiomatic], originally, to begin with, to start with Related terms: betimes [dated], earlily [uncommon], early, early doors [British, dialectal], early on, beginning
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          "text": "Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-time chairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially became the BTC chairman in June 1961.",
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