subordinately
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Her sample drawings were clipped, rather subordinately, to her photograph.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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If you think of religion in this way, and bear in mind that its aims are extremely practical and only subordinately theoretical, it will seem to you worthy of the highest respect.
From Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer
Now every act, every scene, should have, subordinately, its exposition, its plot, and its unravelment, just as the total of the piece has, of which they are the parts.
From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
As well-wishers some men may not only be nugatory but positive obstacles in your peculiar plans; but as foes you may subordinately cement them into your general design.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
The gift and blessing of salvation is primarily a spiritual gift, and only involves outward consequences secondarily and subordinately.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren