Firstly
['fɜːs(t)lɪ] or ['fɝstli]
Definition
(adv.) In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
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Examples
- Firstly, because I say so; and secondly, because discretion and reserve are a girl's best wisdom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How account, firstly, for the freedom of the request? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Firstly, that she did not love you; and secondly, that you did not love her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Firstly, it's enough to have been done, without the mortification of being known to have been done. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It's only Firstly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Firstly, my mind was too preoccupied to be able to take in the subject clearly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Firstly, because I couldn't take so much upon myself when I have respected family friends to remember. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Firstly (in a spirit of love), what is the common sort of Terewth--the working clothes--the every-day wear, my young friends? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Firstly, because no building could have held all the members and connections of that illustrious house. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That is to say: Firstly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- So much for firstly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Firstly, she was most satisfactory as a question of figures; and, secondly, she had 'no nonsense' about her. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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