secondarily
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English secundarili; equivalent to secondary + -ly.
Adverb edit
secondarily (not comparable)
- With lesser importance.
- Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.
- In a secondary manner or degree.
- (obsolete) Secondly; in the second place.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:28:
- 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.
Translations edit
of lesser importance
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Adverb edit
secondarily
- Alternative form of secundarili