secondarily en · ADV
Pronunciation
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- /ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/
Etymology
From Middle English secundarili. By surface analysis, secondar(i) + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a secondary manner or degree. ▸ With lesser importance.
Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.
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(archaic, not-comparable, obsolete) In a secondary manner or degree. ▸ Secondly; in the second place.
And God hath ſet ſome in the Church, firſt Apoſtles, ſecondarily Pꝛophets, thirdly Teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helpes in gouernmẽts, diuerſities of tongues.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:28:
Translations (5)
ca secundàriament (of lesser importance) · pt secundariamente (of lesser importance) · it secondariamente (of lesser importance) · es segundariamente (of lesser importance) · es secundariamente (of lesser importance)