originally

1. ADV When you say what happened or was the case originally, you are saying what happened or was the case when something began or came into existence, often to contrast it with what happened later. 起初

The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended. 這架飛機的服役時間已經(jīng)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過了起初的預(yù)料。