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primaevally

primaevally is the alternative form of primevally.

Meaning of primevally

Adverb

primevally (comparative more primevally, superlative most primevally)

  1. In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
    • Some authors suppose that man primevally lived in single families; but at the present day, though single families, or only two or three together, roam the solitudes of some savage lands, they are always, as far as I can discover, friendly with other families inhabiting the same district.1871, Charles Darwin, “Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals—continued”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […]...

Forms of primaevally

comparativemore primaevally
superlativemost primaevally

Origin of primaevally

From primaeval + -ly.

Questions about primaevally

What is primaevally the alternative form of?
Primaevally is the alternative form of primevally.

Words near primaevally in the dictionary

  1. primae noctis
  2. primaeval
  3. primaeval forest
  4. primaeval forests
  5. primaevality
  6. primaevally
  7. primaevalness
  8. primage
  9. primages
  10. Primakov
  11. primal

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