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–adverb
in the first place; first.
[Origin: 1525–35; first + -ly]
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first·ly    Audio Help   (fûrst'lē)  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   In the first place; to begin with.

Usage Note: It is well established that either first or firstly can be used to begin an enumeration: Our objectives are, first (or firstly), to recover from last year's slump. Any succeeding items should be introduced by words parallel to the form that is chosen, as in first . . . second . . . third or firstly . . . secondly . . . thirdly.

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firstly

adverb
before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" [syn: first] 

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ˈfirstly adverb
in the first place
Example: I have three reasons for not going — firstly, it's cold, secondly, I'm tired, and thirdly, I don't want to!
Arabic: أولا
Chinese (Simplified): 第一
Chinese (Traditional): 第一
Czech: za prvé
Danish: for det første
Dutch: ten eerste
Estonian: esiteks
Finnish: ensinnäkin
French: en premier lieu
German: erstens
Greek: πρώτον, κατ' αρχήν
Hungarian: először
Icelandic: í fyrsta lagi
Indonesian: pertama
Italian: in primo luogo*
Japanese: 第一に
Korean: 첫째로, 우선
Latvian: pirmkārt
Lithuanian: pirma
Norwegian: for det første
Polish: po pierwsze
Portuguese (Brazil): em primeiro lugar
Portuguese (Portugal): primeiro
Romanian: în primul rând
Russian: во-первых
Slovak: po prvé
Slovenian: prvič
Spanish: en primer lugar
Swedish: för det första
Turkish: birincisi
See also: at first, at first hand, first-born, first-class, first-hand, first-rate, first, first aid, first and foremost, first of all, "firstly" in any language

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Firstly

First"ly\, adv. In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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