secondarily.

In a position of lesser importance or as an additional consequence or consideration.

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Words that belong together

• secondarily affected
• secondarily concerned

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The reform was designed to improve access and only secondarily to reduce expenditure.

The analysis considered implementation first and was secondarily concerned with public presentation.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Invariable adverb; no plural or tense forms. Comparison is used only where a particular degree naturally permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: inference, qualification, analysis, methodology. Disciplines: academic writing, reasoning, research. Commonness: uncommon.