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Princeton's WordNet

  1. second, secondlyadverb

    in the second place

    "second, we must consider the economy"

Wiktionary

  1. secondlyadverb

    In the second place.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Secondlyadverb

    In the second place.

    Etymology: from second.

    First she hath disobeyed the law, and secondly trespassed against her husband. Ecclus. xxiii 23.

    First, metals are more durable than plants; and secondly, they are more solid and hard. Francis Bacon.

    The house of commons in Ireland, and, secondly, the privy council, addressed his majesty against these half-pence. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. secondly

    2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultures.

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  1. secondly

    Secondly is an adverb used to indicate the second point or reason in a series or sequence. It's typically used in spoken or written arguments, explanations, or instructions to organize information or aspects logically.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Secondlyadverb

    in the second place

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'secondly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3565

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'secondly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2394

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'secondly' in Adverbs Frequency: #251

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of secondly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of secondly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of secondly in a Sentence

  1. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:

    Military operations must stop and arms be withdrawn... Secondly, we need to right conditions for elections in the Donbass (eastern Ukraine).

  2. Michael James:

    All traders really want to have is clarity around the Greek situation and secondly what's going to come of the Russia, Ukraine potential ceasefire talks.

  3. Pete Buttigieg:

    Secondly, I haven't seen any evidence of anything there anyway. And third, we have to remember that he will either find a vulnerability or make one up.

  4. 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.

  5. Adekunle Salau:

    The downside is that it can also be artificially priced,thereby continuing heat up the already high cost of Abuja properties and secondly, the amenities ?may not be developed to the quality expected from the WTA brand.

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