secondly

B2
US /ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/ UK /ˈsɛkəndli/
adv Freq #9011

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    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.

  2. 2
    adv

    in the second place

Etymology

From second + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in the second place. second
2 adv · in the second place second

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