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originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
本々の計画とは大きく異なる結果になった。
The result turned out very different from the original plan.
この土地は本々田んぼだったらしい。
Apparently this land was originally a rice paddy.
本々興味はなかったが調べるうちに面白くなった。
I was not interested at first, but it became interesting as I looked into it.