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Synonyms for firstly

in the first place

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for firstly

before anything else

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In favour of this view, I may add, firstly, that C.
It is possible, however, that my favourable impression of him may have been greatly influenced and strengthened, firstly, by his impressing upon his hearers that the true observance of religion was not inconsistent with a cheerful deportment and an exact discharge of the duties of their station, which, indeed, it scrupulously required of them; and secondly, by his cautioning them not to set up any monopoly in Paradise and its mercies.
Firstly, it's enough to have been done, without the mortification of being known to have been done.
Firstly, she was most satisfactory as a question of figures; and, secondly, she had
Dean's bitter herbs; and firstly, let me beware of the fascination that lurks in Catherine Heathcliff's brilliant eyes.
Firstly. It's altogether out of all your beats, and is well away from the usual heap of streets great and small.
Tom listened with some shame and some sorrow; but escaping as quickly as possible, could soon with cheerful selfishness reflect, firstly, that he had not been half so much in debt as some of his friends; secondly, that his father had made a most tiresome piece of work of it; and, thirdly, that the future incumbent, whoever he might be, would, in all probability, die very soon.
Firstly, they asked participants to rate how sore their muscles were using a scale from 0 (no muscle pain) to 200 (pain as bad as it could be).
Safety of the pipeline is firstly assured by the design of the pipeline,Trend reports citing BP Azerbaijan's communications manager Tamam Bayatly.
Firstly, you need to change yourself by practically doing what you are advocating.
'On behalf of the European Union, I firstly hope the turnout will be high and that citizens will use their right and I would say an obligation to vote,' said Ambassador Wigemark.
The causes of unemployment are mentioned as, firstly; the reason of unemployment is the situation people are more than the working opportunities.
Faisalabad team played firstly and scored 132 runs on loss of 4 wickets.
He added that firstly the public meeting was to be held in Iqbal Stadium and now the venue has been changed and it will take place at Jinnah Hydro Power Plant Colony due to some reasons.
The amendment added a new clause (A) to Paragraph (5) of (Firstly) of the first article in Decree 69/2004 regarding reorganizing the Interior Minister, and the rest of clauses in the paragraph rearranged accordingly, as follows: Deputy Inspector-General: Clause Two Two new paragraphs added under numbers 16 and 17 to (Firstly) in the first article of Decree 69/2004 regarding reorganizing the Ministry of Interior, according to the following text: 16- General Directorate of the Royal Court's Sentry, including two directorates to be named by the Minister of Interior.