secondarily

adv — 2 senses

secondarily

adv

/ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/

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

› In a secondary manner or degree.

1

With lesser importance.

  • Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.
2

Archaic, Obsolete Secondly; 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:

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