how to pronounce secondly

/ˈsɛkəndliː/

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secondly is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of secondly in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to 9 11. uh secondly uh dealing with …”

meanings of secondly

adverb:

In the second place.

secondly frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word secondly occurs in english on average 10.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics secondly can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that secondly can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;