secondlyadverb
uk/ˈsek.ənd.li/us/ˈsek.ənd.li/also secondB2 used when stating the second of two or more reasons or pieces of information:
I want two things from my boss - firstly, a pay rise, and secondly, a longer contract.
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- There are two very good reasons why we can't do it. Firstly, we don't have enough money, and secondly, we don't have enough time.
- The problems are two-fold - firstly, economic, and secondly, political.
- There are three factors to take into account: firstly location, secondly time, and thirdly staff.
- I'd like to raise two issue here - firstly, staffing and secondly, budget.
- There are two things in favour of this house - firstly, its proximity to my place of work and secondly, its size.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Order and sequence - general words
- alphabetize
- back end
- back end
- be a chapter of accidents idiom
- catalogue
- ladder
- litany
- merry-go-round
- next
- nth
- penultimate
- run
- running
- second 1
- series
- succession
- thirdly
- timeline
- train
- vice versa
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