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primitively
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial primitively has 2 senses
- primitively(r = adv.all) in the beginning, originally - with reference to the origin or beginning; Array
- primitively(r = adv.all) Array - in a primitive style or manner; "rather primitively operated foundries"
CIDE DICTIONARY
primitively, adv.
- Originally; at first. [1913 Webster]
- Primarily; not derivatively. [1913 Webster]
- According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style. South. [1913 Webster]
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