Firstly, it is a matter of justice.
Source: tatoeba (276030)
Firstly
//ˈfɜɹstli//
Synonyms for "firstly" (25 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (5)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (12)
Adverb(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
109 translations across 56 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- Ne Fillim adv (in the first place)
Arabic
1 entries- أَوَّلًا adv (in the first place)
Armenian
1 entries- նախ adv (in the first place)
Aromanian
2 entries- ntãnj adv (in the first place)
- ntãnjiu adv (in the first place)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- birinci növbədə adv (in the first place)
- ilk növbədə adv (in the first place)
- əvvəla adv (in the first place)
- əvvəlcə adv (in the first place)
Bashkir
4 entries- алда adv (in the first place)
- алдан adv (in the first place)
- башта adv (in the first place)
- беренсенән adv (in the first place)
Belarusian
1 entries- па-пе́ршае adv (in the first place)
Bengali
1 entries- আউয়াল adv (in the first place)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пъ́рво adv (in the first place)
Catalan
1 entries- primerament adv (in the first place)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 一來 /一来 adv (in the first place)
- 先 adv (in the first place)
- 最先 adv (in the first place)
- 第一 adv (in the first place)
Crimean Tatar
3 entries- birinciden adv (in the first place)
- evelâ adv (in the first place)
- eñ evelâ adv (in the first place)
Czech
1 entries- za prvé adv (in the first place)
Danish
1 entries- for det første adv (in the first place)
Dutch
1 entries- ten eerste adv (in the first place)
Esperanto
1 entries- unue adv (in the first place)
Estonian
1 entries- esiteks adv (in the first place)
Finnish
3 entries- ensiksi adv (in the first place)
- ensinnäkin adv (in the first place)
- ensisijaisesti adv (in the first place)
French
4 entries- avant tout adv (in the first place)
- d'abord adv (in the first place)
- en premier lieu adv (in the first place)
- premièrement adv (in the first place)
Galician
2 entries- primeiramente adv (in the first place)
- primeiro adv (in the first place)
German
1 entries- erstens adv (in the first place)
Hungarian
3 entries- elsőként adv (in the first place)
- először adv (in the first place)
- először is adv (in the first place)
Icelandic
1 entries- í fyrsta lagi adv (in the first place)
Ido
1 entries- unesme adv (in the first place)
Ingrian
3 entries- ensiks adv (in the first place)
- ensti adv (in the first place)
- enstää adv (in the first place)
Irish
1 entries- ar an gcéad dul síos adv (in the first place)
Italian
3 entries- dapprima adv (in the first place)
- in primo luogo adv (in the first place)
- prima adv (in the first place)
Japanese
4 entries- 先ず adv (in the first place)
- 初めに adv (in the first place)
- 最初に adv (in the first place)
- 第一に adv (in the first place)
Karakhanid
1 entries- اِلْكْ adv (in the first place)
Kazakh
1 entries- біріншіден adv (in the first place)
Korean
2 entries- 먼저 adv (in the first place)
- 첫째로 adv (in the first place)
Latin
1 entries- prīmō adv (in the first place)
Macedonian
1 entries- прво adv (in the first place)
Malay
2 entries- pertama adv (in the first place)
- semula adv (in the first place)
Malayalam
2 entries- ആദ്യം adv (in the first place)
- ഒന്നാമത് adv (in the first place)
Māori
1 entries- mātua adv (in the first place)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- الك adv (in the first place)
- اوكجه adv (in the first place)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- насампредз adv (in the first place)
- перше adv (in the first place)
Persian
1 entries- اولا adv (in the first place)
Polish
4 entries- na początku adv (in the first place)
- na wstępie adv (in the first place)
- najpierw adv (in the first place)
- najsampierw adv (in the first place)
Portuguese
1 entries- primeiramente adv (in the first place)
Romanian
2 entries- prim adv (in the first place)
- întâi adv (in the first place)
Russian
4 entries- в пе́рвую о́чередь adv (in the first place)
- во-пе́рвых adv (in the first place)
- пе́рвым до́лгом adv (in the first place)
- пре́жде всего́ adv (in the first place)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्रथमम् adv (in the first place)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- an toiseach adv (in the first place)
Slovak
1 entries- po prvé adv (in the first place)
Slovene
2 entries- najprej adv (in the first place)
- prvič adv (in the first place)
Spanish
1 entries- primeramente adv (in the first place)
Swedish
1 entries- för det första adv (in the first place)
Tajik
1 entries- аввалан adv (in the first place)
Tamil
1 entries- முதலில் adv (in the first place)
Turkish
2 entries- ilk adv (in the first place)
- önce adv (in the first place)
Ukrainian
1 entries- по-пе́рше adv (in the first place)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئاۋۋال adv (in the first place)
Uzbek
2 entries- avvalo adv (in the first place)
- birinchidan adv (in the first place)
Vietnamese
3 entries- trước hết adv (in the first place)
- trước nhất adv (in the first place)
- trước tiên adv (in the first place)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Firstly, I think that the first time each foreigner is in China, the earliest impression is certainly the size of the country.
Source: tatoeba (905832)
Firstly, happiness is related to money.
Source: tatoeba (915553)
Firstly, we mustn't be selfish.
Source: tatoeba (2438387)
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