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Webster 1913 Edition


Mediately

Me′di-ate-ly

,
adv.
In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; – opposed to
immediately
.
God worketh all things amongst us
mediately
.
Sir W. Raleigh.
The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but
mediately
of the king.
Blakstone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mediately

ME'DIATELY

,
adv.
By means or by a secondary cause,acting between the first cause and the effect.
God worketh all things amongst us mediately,by secondary means.
The king grants a manor to A,and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case, B holds his lands immediately of A,but mediately of the king.

Definition 2024


mediately

mediately

English

Adverb

mediately (not comparable)

  1. In a mediate manner; by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; by indirect mediation; indirectly.
    He derived his impressions of things not directly from them, but mediately from other people's impressions about them.

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