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Mediately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. By means or by a secondary cause, acting between the first cause and the effect.

2. God worketh all things amongst us mediately by secondary means.

3. The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case, B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king.

Mediately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.