preliminarily
adverb
- in the beginning
Wiktionary
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English preliminary Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English preliminarily From preliminary + -ly.
- In a preliminary manner.