Meanings
adverbpreliminarily (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a preliminary manner.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Englishpreliminary
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishpreliminarily
From preliminary + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan preliminarment
- preliminarmentin a preliminary manner
Czech předběžně
- předběžněin a preliminary manner
French préliminairement
- préliminairementin a preliminary manner
German vorläufig, im Voraus
- vorläufigin a preliminary manner
- im Vorausin a preliminary manner
Italian preliminarmente
- preliminarmentein a preliminary manner
Polish wstępnie
- wstępniein a preliminary manner
Russian предвари́тельно
- предвари́тельно (predvarítelʹno)in a preliminary manner
Spanish preliminarmente
- preliminarmentein a preliminary manner
Swedish preliminärt
- preliminärtin a preliminary manner
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APA
preliminarily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preliminarily
MLA
“preliminarily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preliminarily. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preliminarily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preliminarily.
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