Synonyms for initially
ini·tial·ly

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1. initiallyadverb

   Synonyms:
   at first

2. initiallyadverb

   at the beginning

   Initially, I found city life incredibly difficult, but now I'm used to it.

   Synonyms:
   at first

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1. initially, ab initioadverb

   at the beginning

   "at first he didn't notice anything strange"

   Synonyms:
   ab initio

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1. at the outset

   at or from the beginning

   Submitted by anonymous on April 8, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "initially":

   originally, first, original, firstly, initial, tentatively, departing, early

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1. Honolulu Police spokeswoman Michelle Yu:

   Law enforcement in American Samoa initially expressed interest in acquiring some of the guns, but there was a change in administration and the new administration is no longer interested, the local sheriff’s department recently replaced their guns, and other county police departments( Kauai, Maui and Hawaii) are looking to replace their Smith Wessons in the future.

2. Sophia Laurent Abraham:

   When I initially saw Chrissy Teigen make these comments I could tell Chrissy Teigen was Chrissy Teigen and model. [ At the time ] I just thought it was only with me and I ignored Chrissy Teigen because I don't behave like that. Now I see it's tons and tons of people. It really bothers me right now.

3. Alan Lepofsky:

   I don't expect to see the same exponential growth Slack initially had now that the market is more competitive than when they first launched, seeing a million new paid users added is a very positive result.

4. Lex Van Dam:

   Brexit is becoming a lot more likely than initially expected and the market is indeed becoming more fearful. It is very much a binary event and until then, buying dips and selling rallies seems the sensible idea.

5. Robert Dunham:

   All of the states that have been carrying out executions have some form of secrecy... the states initially said that this is necessary for them to obtain the drugs because drug manufacturers were being harassed, they claimed, by anti-death penalty advocates. Those allegations have all turned out to be false. But the states have continued to attempt to expand secrecy and the real reason is because the drug manufacturers themselves are opposed to the use of their medicines in executions.