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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" [syn: first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first off]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: circa 1532 in the first place ; first

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. (in enumerating topics, arguments, etc.) in the first place, first (cf. FIRST adv.).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Firstly First"ly, adv. In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You use firstly in speech or writing when you want to give a reason, make a point, or mention an item that will be followed by others connected with it. The programme is now seven years behind schedule as a result, firstly of increased costs, then of technical problems... ADV: ADV with cl/group