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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

secondmost en · ADV

Etymology

Probably influenced by foremost and other such terms (hindmost, etc).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, uncommon) Alternative form of second most.
    • Next to the tzekel, the kankab–tzekel soils are the secondmost extensive in the Yucatan state; like the tzekel, they are transitional among Lithosoils, Rendzina and Terra Rossa. 2014, William J. Folan, Coba: A Classic Maya Metropolis, page 31:
    • In fact, this sort of initial stance explains inter alia: (a) secondmost nuclear status in valency marking... 1984, Frans Plank, Objects: Towards a Theory of Grammatical Relations, page 10:
    • Those two derived character states affected the location of maximum blade width (proximal quarter → secondmost proximal quarter) and the length/width ratio (3.00-3.99 → 2.00-2.99). 2003, Michael John O'Brien, R. Lee Lyman, Cladistics and Archaeology, page 213:
    • Usually he cannot even buy time on the secondmost popular program on the secondmost popular network. 1973, Leon Quera, Advertising campaigns: formulation and tactics, page 79: