Antonyms for initiallyini·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

How to use initially in a sentence?

1. Diane Marotta:

   My school system releases progress reports midway through the first quarter, although teachers grumbled initially at the added work, we came to realize how helpful they are.

2. Caroline Bain:

   Having followed everybody else (in previous years) with producer projections initially, and then having to revise down, we thought this year we're going to start by being pessimistic and hopefully it will come right, we have always been quite cautious about how strong supply was going to be this year simply because the record has been so bad over the last few years.

3. Miner Alex Vega:

   The psychiatrist tells me that I've improved a lot ... from where I was initially.

4. Mutsumi Kagawa:

   Initially investors saw Trump's moves as negotiation tactics to get better deals. But now they are starting to worry about the damage to the economy, people have long thought the U.S. economy will eventually hit a recession at some point. But there are growing worries Trump's trade policies may hasten that. The fear now is that 'America First' may become 'America Worst'.

5. Rashida Tlaib:

   Its a mistake to target members of Congress because of their views or their viewpoints, i think it was a mistake initially for the president to even tweet that they should not be allowed to go to Israel. I have faith in Israels ability to listen to two members of the United States Congress. So I think its been a huge mistake.

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