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Meaning of originary | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to or being the origin of something.
    rare
  2. Primitive, original.
    rare
  3. Having its origin (in); originating (from).
    obsolete, often

Examples

“The Big Bang was the originary explosion of the universe.”
“Christians believe human beings to have been sinless in their originary state.”
“My only aim will be to trace the dislocating work of the two conditions that ensue, namely, the principial condition over which the foundation presides and the ground as the originary condition.”
“This dish is originary of northern Asia.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

originate originative originless Orinocan orismological Orizaban

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