Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mediately

Mediately , adverb

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