Thesaurus:firstly

Thesaurus

firstly

English

Adverb

Sense: indicating the first item in a sequence

Synonyms

• 1stly
• first
• firstly
• first of all (idiomatic)
• first off (idiomatic)
• first up (idiomatic)
• in the first place (idiomatic)

Antonyms

• lastly    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Category:English sequence adverbs

Further reading

• “66. beginning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “firstly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.