primevally

English

Etymology

primeval +‎ -ly

Adverb

primevally (comparative more primevally, superlative most primevally)

1. In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
   • 1871, Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

     Some authors suppose that man primevally lived in single families

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for primevally in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)