Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mediately"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mediately \Me"di*ate*ly\, adv.
In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not
directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to {immediately}.
God worketh all things amongst us mediately. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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. --Blakstone.
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