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Secondly vs Secondarily - What's the difference?

secondly | secondarily |

As adverbs the difference between secondly and secondarily

is that secondly is in the second place while secondarily is with lesser importance.

secondly

English

Adverb

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  • In the second place.
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    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (less jarring for many speakers) second

    Anagrams

    * English sequence adverbs

    secondarily

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • With lesser importance.
    • Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily , it will also cost a lot of money.
  • In a secondary manner or degree.
  • (obsolete) secondly; in the second place
    • God hath set some in the church, first apostels, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. — 1 Cor. xii. 28.