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Adjective secondhand has 2 senses

secondhand - 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"
Antonym: primary (indirect, via secondary)
secondhand, used - previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car"
Antonym: new (indirect, via old)

Adverbial secondhand has 1 sense

secondhand - by indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"
Derived from adjective secondhand₁