| at first(expression, idiom, adverb, start, begin) |
| start with(verb, start, beginning, early, firstly) |
| afore(adverb, start, begin, first, early) |
| at the beginning(adverb, start, begin, first, firstly) |
| early(adverb, start, begin, first) |
| early on(adverb, beginning, first, firstly) |
| first off(adverb, start, begin, first, early) |
| first thing(expression, adverb, importance, rank, preeminence) |
| in the beginning(expression, idiom, adverb, start, begin) |
| in the first instance(adverb, start, begin, first, early) |
| preliminarily(adverb, start, begin, first, firstly) |
| previously(adverb, start, begin, first, firstly) |
| aboriginally(adverb, importance, rank, preeminence) |
| antecedently(adverb, importance, rank, preeminence) |
| anteriorly(adverb, importance, rank, preeminence) |
| at the heart of(expression, importance, rank, preeminence) |
| basically(adverb, importance, rank, preeminence) |
| before anything else(expression, importance, rank, preeminence) |
| dominantly(adverb, importance, rank, preeminence) |
| earlily(adverb, importance, rank, preeminence) |