secondarily
/ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)rɪli
/adverb
1As a secondary or less important factor: through trade, and perhaps secondarily through publishing, he was very wealthy the case for volunteering is only secondarily economic and political...
- The toy was secondarily to be educational.
- Like most surrealist practices, automatism is only secondarily a style or compositional method.
- The Kansas City metropolitan region was only secondarily a manufacturing center.
1.1As a secondary consequence; subsequently: the lesions often ulcerate and become secondarily infected...
- Eighty per cent of the patients develop secondarily progressive MS after some period, typically within 7–15 years.
- Patellar tendon damage may develop secondarily.
- The disorder originates often secondarily to trauma, endocrine disease, lupus, or AIDS.