intermediatelyadv.
/ɪntəˈmiːdɪətli/ 1. In an intermediate position or relation; in the intervening space, time, etc.; between two things in position, succession, degree, or other relation.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adverb]
betweenc890
betwixta1300
mediately1620
intermediately1736
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > middle > [adverb]
midst1667
middlemost1696
intermediately1736
mediately1794
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Intermediately, lying in a manner between.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 291 This last case is given by Dr. Darwin, whom the patient had intermediately consulted.
1877 W. H. Burroughs On Taxation 153 He stands intermediately between the producer and consumer.
2. By intermediate agency; indirectly: opposed to immediately.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by intermediate agency
mediately?a1425
indirectly1477
intermediously1657
intermediately1755
medially1846
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Intermediately, by way of intervention.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 755 Were the council..chosen by the people, instead of being intermediately chosen by electors.
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 256 An abscess that has..discharged its contents immediately or intermediately into the intestinal canal.
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