secondly
Syllables: sec·ond·ly/ˈsɛkəndli/US/ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/
secondly adverb: in the second place.
Adverb
secondly (not comparable)
- In the second place.
- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. […] Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii
- Synonyms:
- second
secondly meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Punjabi
secondly in Urdu
- ثانیاً
secondly in Bengali
- দ্বিতীয়ত
secondly in Malayalam
- also, furthermore, moreover
- രണ്ടാമത്, ഉത്തരത്ര, പിന്നീട്, രണ്ടാമതായി, കൂടാതെ, പുറമേ
secondly in Punjabi
- secondly
- ਦੂਜਾ dūjā, دوجا dūjā
More languagesFewer languages
- secondly in Arabic
- ثَانِيًا ṯāniyan
- secondly in Persian
- ثانیاً sâniyan
Examples of secondly in a sentence
- Firstly, that's illegal; secondly, it has serious disadvantages; thirdly, it's not necessary; and lastly, did I mention that it's illegal?
- Secondly, the person trashing the e-device could care less about the value of the e-device.
- Secondly, probably pathogens or allelopathetic substances may have accumulated in the central zones.
Synonyms of secondly
Forms of secondly
| alternative form | 2ndly |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | 2dly |
| alternative form (obsolete) | 2ᵈˡʸ |
Origin of secondly
From second + -ly.
Questions about secondly
- What does secondly mean?
- Secondly means in the second place.
- What is secondly in Urdu?
- Secondly in Urdu is ثانیاً. See Secondly meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is secondly?
- Secondly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce secondly?
- Secondly is pronounced /ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/ (US).
Words near secondly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: secondly (page history and authors); secondly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); secondly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); secondly (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); دوجا (Punjabi) (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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