SECONDHAND

secondhand, used

(adjective) previously used or owned by another; “bought a secondhand (or used) car”

secondhand

(adjective) derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; “a secondhand report”; “a secondhand account of a memory of something once read”; “most of our knowledge is secondhand”

secondhand

(adverb) by indirect means; “I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand”; “he prefers to buy secondhand”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

secondhand (not comparable)

(of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.

Synonyms: used, pre-owned, hand-me-down

(of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.

(figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.

(of cigarette or cigar smoke) inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.

Adverb

secondhand (not comparable)

In a used or previously-owned condition.

indirectly

Source: Wiktionary

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Sec"ond*hand`, a.

1. Not original or primary; received from another. They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. Locke.

2. Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment. At second hand. See Hand, n., 10.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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