Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secondarily

/ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: sec-on-dar-i-ly
IPA: /ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a secondary manner or degree.

adv

In a secondary manner or degree.

Archaic; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money."
"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."

Etymology

From Middle English secundarili. By surface analysis, secondar(i) + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: secundarili

Usage

Rhymes With

necessarily primarily temporarily voluntarily extraordinarily ordinarily momentarily militarily merrily customarily warily wearily

Questions

How do you pronounce secondarily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/.
What does secondarily mean?: In a secondary manner or degree.
Where does secondarily come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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