Home › Words › S › secondarinesssecondarinesssecondariness means the state of being secondary.EtymologyFrom secondary + -ness.nounThe state of being secondary.e.g.“To follow all his movements and thoughts as well as she could with wistful secondariness” — 1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.secondarily 74% match — In a secondary manner or degree.; With lesser importance. vs secondariness →subordinateness 65% match — The property or condition of being subordinate. vs secondariness →subordinacy 65% match — The property or condition of being subordinate. vs secondariness →substatus 63% match — A secondary or subsidiary status. vs secondariness →subinitial 63% match — Ranked below an initial entity; secondary; derived. vs secondariness →subordinance 61% match — subordinacy; subordination vs secondariness →accessoriness 61% match — The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately. vs secondariness →asideness 61% match — The state or quality of being aside. vs secondariness →