secondly

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US/ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/US/ˈsɛk.(ə)ntli/UK/ˈsɛkəndli/

adverb

In the second place.

Similar
second
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English second →
CommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

adverbsecondly (not comparable)

alternative 2ndly · alternative obsolete 2dly · alternative obsolete 2ᵈˡʸ

  1. not comparableIn the second place.

    Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. […] Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.

    1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii

    Synonyms: second

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn the second place.

Similar
second

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin the second place

Similar
second
Also see
second

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Italic*sekʷondo-
  3. Latinsecundu
  4. Old Frenchsecond
  5. Middle Englishsecunde
  6. Englishsecond
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. Englishsecondly

From second + -ly.

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Translations

Arabic ثَانِيًا
  • ثَانِيًا (ṯāniyan)in the second place
Bulgarian вто́ро
  • вто́ро (vtóro)in the second place
Chinese Mandarin 二來 /二来, 第二
  • 二來 /二来 (èrlái)in the second place
  • 第二 (dì'èr)in the second place
Czech za druhé
  • za druhéin the second place
Esperanto due
  • duein the second place
Estonian teiseks
  • teiseksin the second place
Finnish toiseksi
  • toiseksiin the second place
French deuxièmement
  • deuxièmementin the second place
German zweitens
  • zweitensin the second place
Greek δεύτερον
  • δεύτερον (défteron)in the second place
Hungarian másodsorban
  • másodsorbanin the second place
Italian secondamente
  • secondamentein the second place
Japanese 第二に
  • 第二に (daini ni)in the second place
Korean 둘째로
  • 둘째로 (duljjaero)in the second place
Norwegian Bokmål for det annet
  • for det annetin the second place
Persian ثانیاً
  • ثانیاً (sâniyan)in the second place
Polish po drugie
  • po drugiein the second place
Portuguese segundamente
  • segundamentein the second place
Russian во-вторы́х
  • во-вторы́х (vo-vtorýx)in the second place
Slovak po druhé
  • po druhéin the second place
Spanish en segundo lugar
  • en segundo lugarin the second place
Ukrainian по-дру́ге
  • по-дру́ге (po-drúhe)in the second place
Yiddish צווייטנס
  • צווייטנס (tsveytns)in the second place
Cite this entry
APA

secondly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondly

MLA

“secondly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secondly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondly.

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