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Subsequently vs Secondly - What's the difference?

subsequently | secondly |

As adverbs the difference between subsequently and secondly

is that subsequently is following, afterwards in either time or place while secondly is in the second place.

subsequently

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Following, afterwards in either time or place.
  • Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction).

    • Usage notes

    Although subsequently may imply a cause and effect relationship, it may also be used when no cause is implied.

    Quotations

    * 1832 — , volume II, chapter 7 *: It will be recollected that the ill-fated Halloway...distinctly stated the voice of the individual who had approached his post...to have been that of a female, and that the language in which they subsequently conversed was that of the Ottawa Indians. * {{quote-book, year=1905, author= , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}

    Related terms

    * subsequence * subsequent * subsequential

    secondly

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (less jarring for many speakers) second

    Anagrams

    * English sequence adverbs