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Definition of "mediately" [me•di•ate•ly]

  • In a mediate manner; by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; by indirect mediation; indirectly. (adverb)

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Use "mediately" in a sentence
  • "It is enough to say here that, according to some theologians, virtually revealed truths belong to the material object of faith and become dogmas in the strict sense when defined or proposed by the Church; and according to others, they do not belong to the material object of faith prior to their definition, but become strict dogmas when defined; and, according to others, they do not belong to the material object of Divine faith at all, nor become dogmas in the strict sense when defined, but may be called mediately-Divine or ecclesiastical dogmas."
  • "Mr. Paterson im mediately plugged New York state's $1.1 billion share of the added money into his 2010-11 fiscal plan."
  • "These two sorts of objects, what we are immediately conscious of and what we are mediately conscious of, are found in all consciousness."
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