secondarily
/ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/
secondarily adverb: with lesser importance.
Adverb
secondarily (not comparable)
- With lesser importance.
- Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money.
- Secondly; in the second place.
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:28
secondarily meaning in Bengali
secondarily in Bengali
- গৌণ ভাবে, মাত্রায়
Examples of secondarily in a sentence
- Ch 2 secondarily interrupts the flow between chs 1 and 3 (see 2.1–16n.).
- Secondarily, scope also determines when the system creates and destroys memory for the variable.
- A hyperconcentration of acetylcholine and, secondarily, of adrenalin precursor accompany anaphylaxis.
Origin of secondarily
From Middle English secundarili. By surface analysis, secondar(i) + -ly.
Questions about secondarily
- What does secondarily mean?
- Secondarily means with lesser importance.
- What is secondarily in Bengali?
- Secondarily in Bengali is গৌণ ভাবে, মাত্রায়. See Secondarily meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is secondarily?
- Secondarily is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce secondarily?
- Secondarily is pronounced /ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/.
Words near secondarily in the dictionary
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