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English
Etymology
From Middle English secundarili; equivalent to secondary + -ly.
Adverb
secondarily (not comparable)
- With lesser importance.
Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.
- In a secondary manner or degree.
- (obsolete) Secondly; in the second place.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:28: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.
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Middle English
Adverb
secondarily
- Alternative form of secundarili