2dly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of secondly Obsolete form of 2ndly. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
"And 2dly, ſince I myſelf have ſeen it, I have with no ſmall Probability been able to diſcover that the other Building in Pola [tho’ deſcribed as a Theatre, and accordingly delineated as ſuch by Serlio, and called ſo in the dark Ages, when ſuch Names were given at random] was in effect no Theatre at all, but a magnificent Palace."
Example
More examples"And 2dly, ſince I myſelf have ſeen it, I have with no ſmall Probability been able to diſcover that the other Building in Pola [tho’ deſcribed as a Theatre, and accordingly delineated as ſuch by Serlio, and called ſo in the dark Ages, when ſuch Names were given at random] was in effect no Theatre at all, but a magnificent Palace."
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