Secondarily

//ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli// adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a secondary manner or degree.; With lesser importance. not-comparable

    "Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money."

  2. 2
    In a secondary manner or degree.; Secondly; in the second place. archaic, not-comparable, obsolete

    "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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    of secondary import wordnet

Synonyms

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"Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money."

Etymology

From Middle English secundarili. By surface analysis, secondar(i) + -ly.

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