secondhand
adjective
1. 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
Similar word(s): secondary
2. previously used or owned by another
- bought a secondhand (or used) car
Sentences with secondhand as an adjective:
- exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues
adverb
1. by indirect means
- I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand
- he prefers to buy secondhand