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Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements.
Asa Hutchinson

Meaning of "firstly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FIRSTLY

firstly  [ˈfɜːstlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIRSTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Firstly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES FIRSTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

firstly

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1 is a number, a numeral, and the name of the glyph representing that number. It represents a single entity, the unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of "unit length" is a line segment of length 1.

Definition of firstly in the English dictionary

The definition of firstly in the dictionary is coming before other points, questions, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FIRSTLY


beastly
ˈbiːstlɪ
costly
ˈkɒstlɪ
earnestly
ˈɜːnɪstlɪ
fastly
ˈfɑːstlɪ
ghastly
ˈɡɑːstlɪ
ghostly
ˈɡəʊstlɪ
honestly
ˈɒnɪstlɪ
justly
ˈdʒʌstlɪ
lastly
ˈlɑːstlɪ
modestly
ˈmɒdɪstlɪ
mostly
ˈməʊstlɪ
Priestley
ˈpriːstlɪ
priestly
ˈpriːstlɪ
soothfastly
ˈsuːθˌfɑːstlɪ
steadfastly
ˈstɛdfɑːstlɪ
stedfastly
ˈstɛdfɑːstlɪ
unjustly
ʌnˈdʒʌstlɪ
unpriestly
ʌnˈpriːstlɪ
unsteadfastly
ʌnˈstɛdˌfɑːstlɪ
vastly
ˈvɑːstlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIRSTLY

first-grader
first-hand
first-line
first-loss policy
first-name
first-named
first-nighter
first-order
first-past-the-post
first-past-the-post system
first-person
first-person shooter
first-rate
first-strike
first-string
first-time buyer
first-timer
firstling
firstness
firsts

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIRSTLY

augustly
bristly
Christly
confestly
dishonestly
gristly
hostly
immodestly
moistly
overmodestly
robustly
thistly
uncostly
unghostly
wistly

Synonyms and antonyms of firstly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FIRSTLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «firstly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of firstly

Translation of «firstly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIRSTLY

Find out the translation of firstly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of firstly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «firstly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

首先
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en primer lugar
570 millions of speakers

English

firstly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सबसे पहले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أولاً
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

во-первых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

primeiramente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রথমত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

premièrement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zuerst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

まず第一に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

첫째로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pisanan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trước tiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पहिल्याने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

birinci olarak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per prima cosa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

po pierwsze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

по-перше
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în primul rând
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρώτον
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eerstens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

för det första
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

for det første
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of firstly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIRSTLY»

The term «firstly» is very widely used and occupies the 14.856 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIRSTLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about firstly

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10 QUOTES WITH «FIRSTLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word firstly.
1
B. R. Ambedkar
We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
2
David Blunkett
I said it's impossible to have an amnesty without ID cards and a clean database, because you firstly don't have any incentives for people to actually come up front and register, and make themselves available, and secondly you have no means of tracking them.
3
Edsger Dijkstra
Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
4
Ella Henderson
I always say that when it comes to picking a single, firstly you have to go with what feels right and what your gut tells you.
5
Isabelle Huppert
Firstly I did it in this huge theatre in Avignon, then to smaller places, then bigger places. You have to change the volume of the voice, give more or less. The way you have to relate to space makes it like sculpture.
6
Asa Hutchinson
Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements.
7
John Hutton
The Civil Service is a vital economic asset to the UK - firstly, in the way it creates a framework for excellence in service delivery and secondly, in how it helps organise the best way to deliver modern public services on which both businesses and individuals depend.
8
Leonard Lauder
To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can't lead them too well.
9
Nigel Mansell
Firstly the cars aren't too complicated. They have no traction control, for example, which means you can spin if you try too hard and damage your tires if you're not careful with your driving style.
10
Horatio Nelson
Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIRSTLY»

Discover the use of firstly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to firstly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
estate whatsoever, belonging to or vested in the Local Board of Health elected under the firstly herein-before mentioned Order in Council shall be transferred to, vested in, belong to, and be recovered by the Local Board of Health to be elected  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1854
2
The Public General Acts
From and after the passing of this Act the 170th section of the firstly-recited Act is hereby repealed ; and in lieu thereof it is Enacted, That the Metropolitan Board of Works shall from time to time ascertain and assess upon the several parts of the ...
Great Britain, 1861
3
The Laws Relating to Public Health, Sanitary, Medical, ...
25 61 26V1cr. section of the firstly recited act (a) is hereby repealed ; and in lieu thereof 6' 102' be it enacted, that the metropolitan board of works shall from time to time ascertain and assess upon the several parts of the metropolis the several  ...
Thomas Baker, 1865
4
The Legal Observer, and Solicitors' Journal
Notwithstanding the expiration at any time hereafter of the firstly hereinbefore recited Act, or of any Act or provisions incorporated therewith, or in case at any time hereafter no Commission of Sewers shall be in force under the said firstly recited ...
5
The Legal Observer, Digest, and Journal of Jurisprudence
so after the division of the land to be inclosed and staking out of the allotments, send to the office of the Commissioners his report, with such a map thereunto annexed as is required by the said firstly-recited Act, unless such time be extended ...
6
A survey of the summe of church-discipline: Wherein the way ...
1 <• and this Milter }[. grants. Conclusion II. It belong? not to any Predecessors, either ncercr or further off removed from the next Parents, «9 aVri and firstly, to give right of this privi ledge to their Children; when 1 say Prtcuccfio:: neereror further ...
Thomas Hooker, 1648
7
Hebrew Scholasticism in the Fifteenth Century: A History and ...
The treatment of this topic is divided into two parts: firstly, it studies justice in absolute; secondly, it studies a thing which is similar to justice, but is not justice, i.e., imaginary justice77—and this is found in the last chapter of this book. As for part 1 ...
Mauro Zonta, 2006
8
The Fundamentals of Business Writing: At Corporations and ...
Executive Power [FURTHER TEXT WAS OMITTED BY US—WE ILLUSTRATED THE “BULLETS IN TEXT”] FIRST, FIRSTLY First, Firstly: Beginning a list of points [items, paragraphs], many writers use “First . . . ,” and fewer, but there are still ...
Claudine L. Boros, 2012
9
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
under the Provisions of the said firstly-recited Act, as amended by the said secondly and thirdly recited 'Acts and this Act, save so far as the same relate to Lands in Ireland, and all the Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Matters, and Things  ...
Great Britain, Sir George Kettilby Rickards, 1850
10
A Collection of the Public General Statutes
V. Notwithstanding the Expiration at any Time hereafter of the Securities firstly ... Provisions incor- not. porated therewith, or in case at any Time hereafter no Commission withstanding of Sewers shall be in force under the said firstly-recited Act, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIRSTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term firstly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Uyghurs sold as 'cannon fodder' for extremist groups: China
Beijing says the Turkic language-speaking Uyghur minority are firstly Chinese nationals, and those who flee China should be returned to their ... «Asia Times, Jul 15»
2
Next Audi RS4 Switches to V-6, May Come to the U.S. as RS4 Avant …
Firstly, as previously reported, Hollerweger confirmed that the new car will switch to six-cylinder power, with a turbocharged unit in place of the ... «Car and Driver, Jul 15»
3
Nama debtors helped uncover £7m payment
Tughans had acted for two bidders for the portfolio - firstly global investment firm Pimco, before it dropped out of the bidding process in March ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
4
Naturally gifted radio producer with a strong social conscience
This led to a long career in social work, firstly as one of the founder members of Ireland's Simon Community, and then, after a year's ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
5
Sanctions are not the key to Iran deal; most cases show that they are …
Firstly, it is rarely ever the political elite, the targets of the sanctions campaign, that feel its consequences. Even if the hardships faced by ... «Middle East Monitor, Jul 15»
6
Zayn Malik Gives Perrie Edwards A Cryptic Surprise Present For Her …
Oh to be Perrie Edwards. Firstly, you're from the North East (and therefore have a beautiful accent and innate charm), you're also in the best girl ... «Yahoo Celebrity UK, Jul 15»
7
Good to meet you… Jade Moulds
We wanted to return for a few reasons: firstly, to get into publishing, which I've been lucky enough to do (I'm an editorial assistant at an ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Yorkshire Cricket: Barn-storming Bairstow leads Vikings to victory
Although he survived two difficult chances on 21 and 38, he still dominated the crease, firstly helping the Jets recover from 49 for four and later ... «Doncaster Today, Jul 15»
9
'Aussies showed lack of respect for England'
A bad over or innings was quickly forgotten and they firstly fought their way back into the series then forged ahead. I would like to see the same ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
10
Celtic do just enough to squeeze past Sociedad
Sergio Canales hit the post in the opening half and Craig Gordon twice had to be sharp in the Celtic goal, firstly denying Yuri Berchiche before ... «Soccerway, Jul 15»

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