Synonyms for firstly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : furst-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜrst li

Top 10 synonyms for firstly Other synonyms for the word firstly

Définition 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

Antonyms for firstly

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