\Me"di*ate*ly\, adv.
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.