Mediately

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
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           God worketh all things amongst us mediately. --Sir W.


                                                    Raleigh.
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           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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