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firstly

Definition for firstly

adverb as in basically

adverb as in first off

adverb as in radically

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Horner was twice cleared of the claims, firstly after an internal investigation conducted by a lawyer, then by another lawyer who dismissed the complainant's appeal.

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"There are a lot more players in England, firstly," she says.

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Davie - and Shah - have a story they want to tell and broadly stuck to it; firstly, that the BBC is leading the way in calling out bad behaviour by anyone who works for it.

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Consultants eventually referred the grandfather for palliative care, firstly at home - where he was prescribed heavy dosages of morphine by the local health centre - and then at Borders General Hospital from 15 May 2023.

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Then the gang changed its name twice more - firstly to al-Millah, the nickname of the shadowy third gang leader, and then to Kaka, which means Brother but is also, we believe, another of his nicknames.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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