25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Firstly \First"ly\, adverb In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

firstly

adverb: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" [syn: {first}, {foremost}, {first of all}, {first off}]
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