Firstly
Firstly adverb - In the beginning.
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Synonyms for Firstly
Mostly and firstly are semantically related. in fundamentally topic. In some cases you can use "Mostly" instead an adverb "Firstly".
Nearby Word: first
Mostly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- intrinsically and firstly
- intrinsically and mostly
- primarily and firstly
- primarily and mostly
- basically and firstly
- basically and mostly
- chiefly and firstly
- chiefly and mostly
- mainly and firstly
- mainly and mostly
- predominantly and firstly
- predominantly and mostly
- principally and firstly
- principally and mostly
Both words in one sentence
- Cicero rejects him, firstly because it would mean breaking with Pompey, but mostly because he doesn't want to be obliged to Crassus for any positions he later achieves.
Source: Literature / Imperium -
Firstly, Energy Pulse was pathetic mostly due to the fact that as the number of enemies approached 25, a rather limiting maximum, its hit chance would approach zero.
Source: Nerf - Firstly, there's Caster getting shown up by Gilgamesh (who serves Kotomine) in Fate, followed later by the plot of Unlimited Blade Works, with Caster trying (and failing) to out-evil Kotomine, who is himself out-competed by Gilgamesh (though mostly because of a self-caused Villain Ball moment).
Source: Eviler Than Thou
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