secondarily

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/

Definition of secondarily

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)In a secondary manner or degree.
    “Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)In a secondary manner or degree.
    “Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.”
  2. (archaic, not-comparable, obsolete)In a secondary manner or degree.
    “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.”

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Etymology

From Middle English secundarili. By surface analysis, secondar(i) + -ly.

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