Initially we had some problems with our computer system, but they've been sorted out now.
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Initially
//ɪˈnɪʃəli//
Synonyms for "initially" (29 found)
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Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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Translations
37 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τὴν ἀρχὴν adv (at the beginning)
Bashkir
1 entries- башта adv (at the beginning)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отначало adv (at the beginning)
- първоначално adv (at the beginning)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 最初 adv (at the beginning)
- 起初 adv (at the beginning)
Dutch
1 entries- aanvankelijk adv (at the beginning)
Esperanto
1 entries- komence adv (at the beginning)
Finnish
2 entries- aluksi adv (at the beginning)
- alun perin adv (at the beginning)
French
3 entries- au commencement adv (at the beginning)
- au début adv (at the beginning)
- initialement adv (at the beginning)
Galician
1 entries- inicialmente adv (at the beginning)
German
2 entries- anfangs adv (at the beginning)
- zunächst adv (at the beginning)
Japanese
1 entries- 始めに adv (at the beginning)
Korean
1 entries- 처음에 adv (at the beginning)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡨᡠᡴᡨᠠᠨ adv (at the beginning)
Occitan
1 entries- inicialament adv (at the beginning)
Polish
1 entries- początkowo adv (at the beginning)
Portuguese
1 entries- inicialmente adv (at the beginning)
Russian
4 entries- внача́ле adv (at the beginning)
- изнача́льно adv (at the beginning)
- первонача́льно adv (at the beginning)
- снача́ла adv (at the beginning)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- an toiseach adv (at the beginning)
- sa chiad dol a-mach adv (at the beginning)
Spanish
4 entries- al comienzo adv (at the beginning)
- al inicio adv (at the beginning)
- al principio adv (at the beginning)
- en un principio adv (at the beginning)
Swahili
1 entries- mwanzo adv (at the beginning)
Swedish
1 entries- inledningsvis adv (at the beginning)
Thai
1 entries- ตอนแรก adv (at the beginning)
Yakut
1 entries- бастаан adv (at the beginning)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Initially I found it difficult to deal with my new environment.
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It was much worse than we initially thought.
Source: tatoeba (433010)
Initially this gave rise to gossip among petty people, and it gradually provoked criticism from members of our family.
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