Second vs. Secondly

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Difference Between Second and Secondly

Secondadjective

Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.

He lives on Second Street.The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".You take the first one, and I'll have the second.

Secondlyadverb

In the second place.

Secondadjective

Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

Secondlyadverb

in the second place;

second, we must consider the economy

Secondadjective

Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.

Secondadverb

(with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.

Saturn is the second largest planet.
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Secondadverb

After the first occurrence but before the third.

He is batting second today.

Secondnoun

One that is number two in a series.

Secondnoun

One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.

Secondnoun

The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.

Secondnoun

(usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.

They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds.

Secondnoun

(usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.

That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds.
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Secondnoun

A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)

Secondnoun

(music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).

Secondnoun

The second gear of an engine.

Secondnoun

(baseball) Second base.

Secondnoun

The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.

Secondnoun

A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.

Secondnoun

One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.

Secondnoun

A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.

Secondnoun

(informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.

I'll be there in a second.

Secondnoun

One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.

Secondnoun

One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.

If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second.

Secondnoun

(obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.

Secondverb

(transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.)

I second the motion.

Secondverb

To follow in the next place; to succeed.

Secondverb

(climbing) To climb after a lead climber.

Secondverb

To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.

Secondverb

(transitive) To assist or support; to back.

Secondverb

(transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)

I second the motion.

Secondnoun

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Secondnoun

an indefinitely short time;

wait just a momentit only takes a minutein just a bit

Secondnoun

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 2nd base

Secondnoun

a particular point in time;

the moment he arrived the party began

Secondnoun

following the first in an ordering or series;

he came in a close second

Secondnoun

a 60th part of a minute of arc;

the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here

Secondnoun

the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

Secondnoun

a speech seconding a motion;

do I hear a second?

Secondnoun

the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle;

he had to shift down into second to make the hill

Secondnoun

merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

Secondverb

give support or one's approval to;

I'll second that motionI can't back this planendorse a new project

Secondverb

transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment;

The officer was seconded for duty overseas

Secondadjective

coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude

Secondadjective

coming next after first;

a second chancethe second vice president

Secondadjective

a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first;

second flutethe second violins

Secondadjective

having the second highest gear ratio;

second gear

Secondadverb

in the second place;

second, we must consider the economy