secondarily

Adverb

Meaning

Secondly; in the second place.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

besides moreover furthermore secondly incidentally anyhow second next continue comparatively consequentially again along also indirectly
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Antonyms

primarily firstly before directly mainly extremely
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Examples

With respect to the function of the calciferous glands, it is probable that they primarily serve as organs of excretion, and secondarily as an aid to digestion. Charles Darwin

In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things. E. Stanley Jones

A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image. Elaine de Kooning

Trying to ignore secondarily meaningful things gives them more meaning than they deserve. David Allen (author)

Philosophy ... is interesting because it expresses, in a form as clearly defined as possible, the tendencies of this or that period, much more than it really creates them; and even if it can be said to direct them to a certain extent, it does so only secondarily and when they are already formed. René Guénon

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police. Albert Einstein

Close letter words and terms

second-year undergraduate second-year university student secondable secondariness secondary secondary accent