Preliminarily vs. Preliminary: What's the Difference?
Preliminarily and Preliminary Definitions
Preliminarily
Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory.
Preliminary
Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory.
Preliminarily
A contest to determine the finalists in a competition.
Preliminary
A contest to determine the finalists in a competition.
Preliminarily
An event that precedes the main event, especially in boxing or wrestling.
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Preliminary
An event that precedes the main event, especially in boxing or wrestling.
Preliminarily
An academic examination taken before a longer, more complex, or more important examination.
Preliminary
An academic examination taken before a longer, more complex, or more important examination.
Preliminarily
An introductory remark made before a speech, presentation, or meeting.
Preliminary
An introductory remark made before a speech, presentation, or meeting.
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Preliminarily
In a preliminary manner.
Preliminary
In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.
These are just the preliminary results.
Preliminarily
In a preliminary manner.
Preliminary
A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
Preliminary
Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists
Preliminary
A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing
Preliminary
Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
Preliminary
That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.
Preliminary
A minor match preceding the main event
Preliminary
Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
Training is a necessary preliminary to employment
Drinks were the overture to dinner
Preliminary
Designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding;
A preliminary investigation