Antonyms for firstly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : furst-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜrst li

Definition of firstly

Origin : 1530s, but never a common word (simple first usually serving its place), from first + -ly (2).

As in basically : adv fundamentally
As in first off : adv before anything else
As in radically : adv originally

Example sentences :

Firstly, I ask what shall we do if reason prove recalcitrant?
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza

There is firstly that obtrusive militarism from which we cannot for a moment escape.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Firstly, to observe that the Inquest was not held in that place, but at some distance off.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Firstly there is the witness of that ecstasy of mood of which we have spoken.
Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater

Firstly, because he cares for physical adventure, just as you do.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Perhaps I may spare you the secondly,—the firstly is more than enough for me.
Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever

Firstly, the telling of a fortune, and this is to pen dukkerin or pen durkerin.
Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland

Firstly, if Anna married Gilbert she would be near her all her life.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Firstly, I still dare to haunt the forecourts of philosophy.
Extract from : « Apologia Diffidentis » by W. Compton Leith

Firstly, brave that we may inspire them, with courage when their hearts are weary.
Extract from : « Peak's Island » by Ford Paul

Synonyms for firstly

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