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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

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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.