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Webster 1913 Edition

Secondarily

Sec′ond-a-ri-ly

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adv.
1.
In a secondary manner or degree.
2.
Secondly; in the second place.
[Obs.]
God hath set some in the church, first apostles,
secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers.
1 Cor. xii. 28.

Webster 1828 Edition

Secondarily

SEC'ONDARILY

,
adv.
[from secondary.] In second degree or second order; not primarily or originally; not the first intention. Duties on imports serve primarily to raise a revenue, and secondarily to encourage domestic manufactures and industry.

Definition 2024

secondarily

secondarily

English

Adverb

secondarily ‎(not comparable)

  1. With lesser importance.
    Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.
  2. In a secondary manner or degree.
  3. (obsolete) secondly; in the second place
    God hath set some in the church, first apostels, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. — 1 Cor. xii. 28.

Translations

Etymology

secondary +‎ -ly

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