27
begin with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, firstly)
16
primarily(adverb, beginning, very, really, basically)
12
initially(adverb, first, firstly, initially)
8
first(adverb, firstly, initially)
8
firstly(adverb, firstly, initially)
8
primitively(adverb, first, very, fundamentally, initially)
7
formerly(adverb, firstly, initially)
6
earlier
6
first and foremost(expression, idiom, adverb)
5
genuinely
5
in the beginning(expression, idiom, adverb, firstly, initially)
5
in the first place(expression, idiom, adverb, first, firstly)
5
ingeniously(adverb, creatively)
4
aboriginally(adverb, initially)
4
at first(expression, idiom)
4
creatively
4
early
3
primally
3
to begin with
2
at the start(expression, idiom, adverb)
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