adv. [f. SUBORDINATE a. + -LY2.] In a subordinate, inferior or dependent manner, degree or position.

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a. 1633.  Austin, Medit. (1635), 248. These [Angels] are held, to have … the mooving (subordinately) of things beneath them.

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a. 1667.  Cowley, Ess., Of Agric., Wks. (1906), 400. Because he prayed for wisdom in the first place, he added all things else which were subordinately to be desir’d.

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a. 1708.  Beveridge, Thes. Theol. (1710), II. 378. Exerting the utmost of our power in doing good subordinately for our own safety, ultimately for God’s glory.

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1857.  J. W. Gibbs, Philol. Studies, 116. The same thought … may oftentimes be expressed either co-ordinately or subordinately.

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a. 1890.  Liddon, Pusey (1893), II. 19. Between the canonical books and those subordinately inspired works [etc.].

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