mediately Meaning, Definition & Usage

Me"di*ate*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913