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first·ly  (fûrstl)
adv.
In the first place; to begin with.
Usage Note: It is well established that either first or firstly can be used to begin an enumeration: Our objectives are, first (or firstly), to recover from last year's slump. Any succeeding items should be introduced by words parallel to the form that is chosen, as in first . . . second . . . third or firstly . . . secondly . . . thirdly.

firstly
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Adv.1.firstly - before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
Translations
firstly [ˈfəːstlɪ] adven primer lugar
firstly [ˈfəːstlɪ] first advpremièrement, en premier lieu
firstly [ˈfəːstlɪ] first adverstens, zunächst einmal
firstly [ˈfəːstlɪ] advin primo luogo


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My attention was caught firstly by a bicycle lying carelessly on the turf, and secondly and lastly by a graceful woman's figure, recumbent and evidently sleeping against the turf bank, well tucked in among the afternoon shadows.
In respect of military method, we have, firstly, Measurement; secondly, Estimation of quantity; thirdly, Calculation; fourthly, Balancing of chances; fifthly, Victory.
Firstly, it is certainly not later than the beginning of the sixth century, for it makes no mention of Iacchus, and the Dionysiac element was introduced at Eleusis at about that period.
 
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