aboriginally
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8.5
- adverb
- /ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪnəli/
- Sacred places, such as those aboriginally belonging to the people of Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico, can be used for heightened pursuits and celebrations of balance; but they can also be used for the development of nuclear power, as was done on these very lands in Los Alamos.
Examples
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They were aboriginally peopled by one of the Wintun tribes, the Nomlaki.
Academic text (2000) -
My views of these images are aboriginally based—an indigenous perspective—not a scientific godly order but philosophically Native (2003:41).
Academic text (2008) -
Where was pulque made aboriginally?
Academic text (1996) -
While before the arrival of Euroamericans there was no political organization comprising all the groups so identified aboriginally, today there is such a structure.
Academic text (1992) -
The customs of the tribe were preserved aboriginally through oral traditions passed down for generations.
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Many of the local plants were aboriginally used by the indigenous people for medicinal purposes.
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The festival was celebrated aboriginally, honoring the traditions of the area's first inhabitants.
Synonyms
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3.7
In a natural way that comes from birth or original home
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7.6
In a way that is native to a place
Surface Forms
Morphology
aboriginally = aboriginal (transparent) = aboriginal + ly
Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'aboriginal' with productive suffix '-ly', so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Aboriginally comes from Latin parts ab- 'from' and origine 'origin', and was used for the people who lived in a place first. So aboriginally means 'in the way of the original inhabitants', for example their customs, art, or life.