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preliminarily

preliminarily adverb: in a preliminary manner.

Adverb

preliminarily (not comparable)

  1. In a preliminary manner.

Origin of preliminarily

From preliminary + -ly.

Words formed from preliminarily

Phrases with preliminarily

Questions about preliminarily

What does preliminarily mean?
Preliminarily means in a preliminary manner.
What part of speech is preliminarily?
Preliminarily is an adverb.

Words near preliminarily in the dictionary

  1. prelights
  2. prelim
  3. prelimbic
  4. preliminal
  5. preliminaries
  6. preliminarily
  7. preliminarily enjoin
  8. preliminarily enjoined
  9. preliminarily enjoining
  10. preliminarily enjoins
  11. preliminariness

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