Originally in a sentence as an adverb

We originally started our blog just to get links to drive SEO to our price guide.

But originally MS tried to make the old Windows UI touch friendly, which is a very bad approach.

"That's pretty depressing for a website that, at least originally, was to help startups talk to one another.

As time went on, it became increasingly clear that they would not be able to accomplish the goal they originally set out to do.

Im not sure who originally told us about the Sunday test and the Caller ID test, but if they remind me I would certainly like to thank them.

Minecraft was originally an indie game developed for PCs due to their open ecosystem.

The core committers aren't doing anything different than leaving the project as originally planned.

They want the prestige of a "six figure salary," even though their buying power is an order of magnitude less than what that phrase originally referred to.

There is a reason why the word "vulgar" developed negative connotations over the centuries: it originally meant nothing more than "belonging to the crowd.

It was originally designed in contrast to gmail scanning your email for targeted advertising, but my imperfect memory says that their system should also have been resilient to "we have a warrant, hand over the data.

Originally definitions

adverb

in an original manner

adverb

with reference to the origin or beginning

See also: primitively

adverb

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

See also: earlier