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Secondarily

SEC'ONDARILY, adv. [from secondary.] In second degree or second order; not primarily or originally; not the first intention. Duties on imports serve primarily to raise a revenue, and secondarily to encourage domestic manufactures and industry.

First Occurrence in the Bible(KJV): 1 Corinthians 12:28