Mediately
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmiːdi.ətli/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Mediately is an adverb meaning In a mediate manner, by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; indirectly.
Meaning
In a mediate manner, by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; indirectly.
Example Sentences
A second [question] is, whether these Eggs are immediately dropt into the Water by the Gnats themselves, or, mediately, are brought down by the falling rain […]
The Leibnitzio-Wolfians distinguish three acts in the process of representative cognition: — 1° the act of representing a (mediate) object to the mind; 2° the representation, or, to speak more properly, representamen, itself as an (immediate or vicarious) object exhibited to the mind; 3° the act by which the mind is conscious, immediately of the representative object, and, through it, mediately of the remote object represented.
Synonyms for mediately
Depending on context, synonyms include indirectly.
Antonyms for mediately
Common opposites include directly, immediately.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intermediarily, mediationally, intermediately, mediatively, mediatorially, indirectly.
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