secondarily
In supporting role
Secondarily means in a secondary or subordinate way—not as the main thing, but as a lesser priority or consequence: The drug treats anxiety and secondarily helps with sleep.
It can also mean at a second stage or step: The infection spread secondarily to the lungs.
Providing additional support
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
complementary · supplementary · adjunct · accessory · backup · contributory · attendant · peripheral
Having significant effects
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- resultantCombined effect of factors
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- incidentalMinor and unplanned
circumstantial · collateral · mediated · subsequent · contingent · inadvertent · unintended · implicit
ancillary
Providing additional support
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- subordinateOne lower in rank
supportive · complementary · supplementary · adjunct · accessory · backup · contributory · attendant · peripheral · incidental
consequential
Having significant effects
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- resultantCombined effect of factors
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
incidental · circumstantial · collateral · mediated · subsequent · contingent · inadvertent · unintended · implicit · accidental
secondarilyprimarily
In the first place
chiefly · principally · mainly · predominantly · fundamentally
secondarilyfirst
Position number one
firstly · primarily · initially · originally · from the start
second, secondary, secondhand, seconds, seconded, seconding, seconder, bicentennial, millisecond