Initially

Origin

initial + -ly

Full definition of initially

Adverb

1. At the beginning.
• 2013-06-07, Ed Pilkington, ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told, In his submission to the UN, Christof Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
2. Initially, I found city life incredibly difficult, but now I'm used to it.

Synonyms

• at first