Definitions for Firstly
ˈfɜrst lifirst·ly

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1. first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first offadverb

   before anything else

   "first we must consider the garter snake"

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1. firstlyadverb

   In the first place; before anything else; first.

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1. firstly

   1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of unit length is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is the smallest possible difference between two distinct natural numbers. The unique mathematical properties of the number have led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports. It commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group.

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1. firstly

   Firstly is an adverb that is used to refer to the first point or item in a series, typically when making a list or range of items. It indicates the beginning or starting point in an argument or explanation.

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1. Firstlyadverb

   in the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Firstly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3172

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Firstly' in Adverbs Frequency: #319

How to pronounce Firstly?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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How to say Firstly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Firstly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Firstly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Firstly in a Sentence

1. Peter Fretwell:

   It shows two things, firstly that when faced with long-term poor conditions emperors will move, rather than try to tough it out at the old location, this gives them some resilience in the face of future change, secondly, it shows how little we know about what drives sea ice dynamics, which is worrying for all species that require that habitat.

2. Duria Taqialdin:

   At the start we struggled, firstly with acceptance of the idea (of women's football), and then with the fact that we couldn't even find a pitch to train on, the union gave us a space, not even really a pitch, but we cleaned it up and made it into one. We named it the graveyard, because anyone who came to play us there would lose.

3. Yared Tesfaye:

   The train will not solve all transportation issues; its users are mostly long distance travelers. People use taxis firstly because it's cheap, secondly because they stop frequently between small distances, in Addis Ababa there's a population of four million people of which 3.5 million are minibus taxi users. The train is expected to transport around 1.5 million people. We taxi drivers will probably transport the rest.

4. Martyn Thomas:

   Any of the satellite navigation systems such as Galileo ... are all extremely vulnerable firstly to jamming and increasingly to spoofing, that raises security questions.

5. Nick Pope:

   Im more interested in the fact that this first photo has been leaked, and in the related leaking of information about the Pentagons Unidentified Aerial Task Force, where serving intelligence community personnel have shared insights from two intelligence positionreports, with my own defense background in this subject, three things stand out. Firstly, the description by one insider of the reports as shocking a wordthat begs the question what about UAP do these people find shocking. Secondly, the fact that the intelligence reports seem to have been given a surprisingly wide distribution in various intelligence agencies, and thirdly, the fact that the extraterrestrial hypothesis seems genuinely not to have been taken off the table.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Firstly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Firstly
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firstly
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Firstly