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firstly

UK/ˈfɜɹstli/ US/ˈfɜrstli/ fairly common formal

adverb

1.

before anything else

  • “first we must consider the garter snake”
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Origin

Coined before 1475, from Middle English fyrst-lyk, equivalent to first + -ly.

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