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second-handedly

second-handedly is the alternative form of secondhand.

Meaning of secondhand

Adverb

secondhand (not comparable)

  1. In a used or previously-owned condition.
    • It was almost an article of faith with McEwen never to buy new if he could buy secondhand.1996, Peter Golding, Black Jack McEwen: Political Gladiator, →ISBN, page 50
  2. Indirectly.

See all 7 meanings of secondhand

Questions about second-handedly

What is second-handedly the alternative form of?
Second-handedly is the alternative form of secondhand.

Words near second-handedly in the dictionary

  1. second-hand speech
  2. second-hand store
  3. second-hand stores
  4. second-hand vape
  5. second-handed
  6. second-handedly
  7. second-handedness
  8. second-hander
  9. second-handers
  10. second-harmonic generation
  11. second-harmonic generations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: second-handedly (page history and authors); secondhand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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