mediately
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In an indirect way through another person or thing
- adverb
- /mɪˈdiːətli/
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mediadamente
- She learned the information mediately, by reading articles and listening to expert interviews.
Examples
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The decision was made mediately through extensive discussions with various stakeholders.
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The state exists immediately in custom, mediately in individual self-consciousness, knowledge, and activity, while self-consciousness, in virtue of its sentiment towards the state, finds in the state, as its essence and the end product of its activity, its substantive freedom.
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The therapy worked mediately, as the counselor guided him to a deeper understanding of his feelings.
Antonyms
How Indirect
Surface Forms
mediately positive
Morphology
Etymology
Mediately comes from the Latin root medius, which means 'middle', and is related to the words mediate and middle. So, mediately describes doing something 'through the middle' or by someone or something 'in between' rather than directly.