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subsidiarily
adverb
formaluk /səbˈsɪd.i.ər.əl.i/ us /səbˌsɪd.iˈer.əl.i/
in a way that is less important than something else with which it is connected:
A modern commercial building's facade has to accommodate ducts for ventilation or air-conditioning, heating, electricity, telephone, and so on, and almost subsidiarily, the structure with its fire protection.
Thousands of jobs in Texas rely directly on the oil and gas industry, and many more benefit subsidiarily.
as a result of something that existed or happened earlier: 继发地;间接地
Hospitals are not engaged in industry; hence they are not subsidiarily liable for acts of nurses.
If the offender who is primarily liable cannot pay, the owner is subsidiarily liable.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Of little or less importance
be in/under someone's shadowidiom
be neither here nor thereidiom
big deal
biggie
derisory
marginal
meaningless
meaninglessly
meaninglessness
mere
picayune
picture
piddling
piddly
piffling
unserious
unseriousness
venial
vestigial
vestigially
Related word
subsidiary
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