Above all
Above all adverb - Above and beyond all other consideration.
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Initially
Initially adverb - In the beginning.
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Above all and initially are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Above all" instead an adverb "Initially".
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Related pairs
- largely and above all
- largely and initially
- foremost and above all
- foremost and initially
- primarily and above all
- primarily and initially
- basically and above all
- basically and initially
- chiefly and above all
- chiefly and initially
- mainly and above all
- mainly and initially
- especially and above all
- especially and initially
Both terms in one sentence
- Britta tells Jeff that she values honesty above all else, yet freely admits that she lied to him to get him to clean up his mess, foreshadowing that she's not the Only Sane Man she initially appears to be.
Source: Recap / Community S1 E01: Pilot - Even as he initially tries to break the curse by wooing Princess Tulip, his concern for himself above all else prevents him from truly loving her even as she comes to honestly love him despite his faults.
Source: Literature / A Tale of
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