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PRIMITIVELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a primitive style or manner
Example:
rather primitively operated foundries
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Pertainym:
primitive (belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
With reference to the origin or beginning
Synonyms:
in the beginning; originally; primitively
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