mediately
Syllables: me·di·ate·ly/ˈmiːdi.ətli/
mediately adverb: in a mediate manner, by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; indirectly.
Adverb
mediately (not comparable)
- In a mediate manner, by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; indirectly.
- A second [question] is, whether these Eggs are immediately dropt into the Water by the Gnats themselves, or, mediately, are brought down by the falling rain […]1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographica, section XLIII
- The Leibnitzio-Wolfians distinguish three acts in the process of representative cognition: — 1° the act of representing a (mediate) object to the mind; 2° the representation, or, to speak more properly, representamen, itself as an (immediate or vicarious) object exhibited to the mind; 3° the act by...1861, Sir William Hamilton, The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton, page 318
- Synonyms:
- indirectly
- Antonyms:
- directly, immediately
Synonyms of mediately
Antonyms
Origin of mediately
From mediate + -ly.
Questions about mediately
- What does mediately mean?
- Mediately means in a mediate manner, by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; indirectly.
- What part of speech is mediately?
- Mediately is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce mediately?
- Mediately is pronounced /ˈmiːdi.ətli/.
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