Beforehand
Beforehand adverb - Before the usual or expected time.
Originally and beforehand are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Originally" instead an adverb "Beforehand".
Originally
Originally adverb - In the beginning.
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Synonyms for Originally
Beforehand and originally are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beforehand" instead an adverb "Originally".
Both words in one sentence
- In Kingdom Hearts Riku was originally going to be the one to receive the Keyblade but succumbed to The Dark Side right beforehand, which weakened his heart, so it got passed to Sora instead.
Source: Missed the Call -
It was originally going to be three cockroaches, but two of them were serendipitously stomped on beforehand.
Source: Podcast / The Adventure Zone -
This is because the game was originally conceived as Doki Doki Panic, which happens to have borrowed many Mario elements beforehand.
Source: King Koopa Copy
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