secondarily

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/ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/

adverb

With lesser importance.

“Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.”

Opposite
primarily
OriginMiddle English secundarili →
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Meanings

adverbsecondarily (not comparable)
  1. In a secondary manner or degree.
    1. not comparableWith lesser importance.

      Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.

    2. archaicnot comparableobsoleteSecondly; in the second place.

      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.

      1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:28

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbof secondary import

Opposite
primarily

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishsecundarili
  2. Englishsecondarily

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

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Translations

Catalan secundàriament
  • secundàriamentof lesser importance
Italian secondariamente
  • secondariamenteof lesser importance
Portuguese secundariamente
  • secundariamenteof lesser importance
Spanish segundariamente, secundariamente
  • segundariamenteof lesser importance
  • secundariamenteof lesser importance
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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