primitively
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Primitively sing song, it markedly resembled the ballads that cowboys, railroaders, other migrant workers hear, repeat, embroider and spread throughout the Mid Far West.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Primitively as white as milk, its present characteristic ebony tint is due to the pollution of the sins of the pilgrims who came to touch and kiss it, while imploring the Merciful to pardon them.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne
Primitively, where mere survival is the function of the organism as a whole, the value of accommodation is relatively fundamental.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton
Primitively, all the instruction to medical students was given by those actually engaged in the practice of medicine.
From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers)
Primitively its great conflict was with other species of animals.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Ellwood, Charles A. (Charles Abram)