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primarily, in the first place

adv. of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

in the first place, to begin with

adv. "Why is he here in the first place?"

in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally

adv. before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

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first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first off

adv. before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"

basically, fundamentally, essentially

adv. in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"

originally

adv. in an original manner

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secondarily

adv. of secondary import; "secondarily affected"

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