secondarily

English

Etymology

From Middle English secundarili; equivalent to secondary +‎ -ly.

Adverb

secondarily (not comparable)

1. With lesser importance.

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

2. In a secondary manner or degree.
3. (obsolete) Secondly; in the second place.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:28:

     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.

Translations

of lesser importance

• Catalan: secundàriament (ca)
• Italian: secondariamente (it)
• Portuguese: secundariamente
• Spanish: segundariamente, secundariamente (es)

Anagrams

• corydalines

Middle English

Adverb

secondarily

1. Alternative form of secundarili