Secondly

//ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the second place. not-comparable

    "Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. […] Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in the second place wordnet

Synonyms

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2ndlyin second placesecondsecondsecond

Example

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"Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right."

Etymology

From second + -ly.

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