Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a subsidiary manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
subsidiary way.
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Examples
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No. Government, in the US, only regulates human activity, subsidiarily.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Now that the Government has Proved as Incompetent 2010
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Government, in the US, only regulates human activity, subsidiarily.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Now that the Government has Proved as Incompetent 2010
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It appears that adherence to the principle of subsidiarily as an organizing governance standard could mitigate this tendency. requiring funding on an annual basis would also help.
Some Libertarian Basics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As autonomous individuals, we all, individually and subsidiarily, bear responsibility both for the consequences of our actions and for ameliorating unequal conditions.
Equality Gosepath, Stefan 2007
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Where there is an injustice in society, the professor must simply try to remedy it and urge his students to; it is in this context that he might, subsidiarily, study the history, sociology, and political science of the problem, to get orientation and find means.
A Discussion in Toronto Goodman, Paul 1963
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They who build up themselves do so, mainly, by keeping themselves in the love of God with watchful oversight and continual preparedness for struggle against all foes who would drag them from that safe fortress, and subsidiarily, by like continuity in prayer, and in fixing their meek hope on the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868
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This seems to outdo the other, forasmuch as he applies himself to this means at the outset, which they only take subsidiarily; and, besides, it was towards his only daughter.
The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 06 Michel de Montaigne 1562
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This seems to outdo the other, forasmuch as he applies himself to this means at the outset, which they only take subsidiarily; and, besides, it was towards his only daughter.
The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
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What is needed is only a tool who will merge your image sequence into an animated GIF file and subsidiarily will allow you to make rapid changes to the settings to fine tune the result.
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What is needed is only a tool who will merge your image sequence into an animated GIF file and subsidiarily will allow you to make rapid changes to the settings to fine tune the result.
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