"anfangs" meaning in German

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          "roman": "Nun betrieb er ein Geschäft in Petersburg, das anfangs sich sehr gut angelassen hatte, seit langem aber schon zu stocken schien, wie der Freund bei seinen immer seltener werdenden Besuchen klagte.",
          "text": "1912, Franz Kafka, Das Urteil, in: Arkadia. Ein Jahrbuch für Dichtkunst, Kurt Wolff Verlag (1913), page 53",
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          "word": "zuerst"
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          "word": "anfänglich"
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          "word": "zu Anfang"
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