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preˈliminarily, adv. [f. next + -ly2.] In a preliminary manner; as an introduction.
1768Woman of Honor II. 29 His reason..for not preliminarily addressing himself to Clara. 1849H. Mayo Pop. Superstit. (1851) 188, I went over preliminarily my schoolboy recollections. 1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. II. viii. 207 So must we..preliminarily do something. |