Mediately

//ˈmiːdi.ətli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a mediate manner, by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; indirectly. not-comparable

    "A second [question] is, whether these Eggs are immediately dropt into the Water by the Gnats themselves, or, mediately, are brought down by the falling rain […]"

Example

More examples

"A second [question] is, whether these Eggs are immediately dropt into the Water by the Gnats themselves, or, mediately, are brought down by the falling rain […]"

Etymology

From mediate + -ly.

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