initially
From the start
Initially means at first or at the beginning, before subsequent developments: Initially I was skeptical, but she convinced me.
The word often signals that what follows will describe a change: The project was initially funded by grants, then shifted to private investment.
It emphasizes the starting point of a process or sequence that later evolved.
Initial stage of something
- outsetInitial point of something
- onsetStarting point of something
- startTo set going
- firstPosition number one
originally · formerly · earlier · beforehand · previously · primarily · commencing · opening
Position relative to surroundings
- inductionFormal admission process
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- forewordIntroductory book section
- prefaceIntroductory book section
prologue · primer · newcomer · novice · beginner · first-time · maiden · inaugural
At earliest developmental stage
- nascentBeginning to develop
- incipientStarting to develop
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
germinal · seedling · infancy · neonatal · inchoate · formative · emerging · developing
Without full commitment
- preliminarilyIn an introductory manner
- provisionallyConditionally, pending confirmation
- experimentallyThrough systematic testing
- exploratorySeeking to discover
trial · draft · prototype · pilot · alpha · beta · preparatory · rudimentary
beginning
Initial stage of something
first · originally · formerly · earlier · beforehand · previously · primarily · commencing · opening · starting
orientation
Position relative to surroundings
- inductionFormal admission process
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- forewordIntroductory book section
preface · prologue · primer · newcomer · novice · beginner · first-time · maiden · inaugural · welcome
embryonic
At earliest developmental stage
fledgling · germinal · seedling · infancy · neonatal · inchoate · formative · emerging · developing · immature
tentatively
Without full commitment
- preliminarilyIn an introductory manner
- provisionallyConditionally, pending confirmation
- experimentallyThrough systematic testing
exploratory · trial · draft · prototype · pilot · alpha · beta · preparatory · rudimentary · conceptual
- cryptic cluesanagram, hidden, reversal, homophone, container
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- beginning phrasesonce upon a time, in the beginning, first of all, to start with, to begin with
- sequence wordsfirst, second, third, next, fourth
- sequence adverbsfirst, firstly, second, secondly, third
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
- initial public offeringFirst stock market sale
- middle initialAbbreviated second name
- initial contact
- initial reaction
- carved initialsLetters cut into surface
- initial guess
initial, initials, initialed, initialing, initialize, initialism, initializes, initialized, initialization