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Definition of For one thing
1. Adverb. (context: sequence) (non-gloss definition Used to introduce the first item in a possible sequence) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of For One Thing
Literary usage of For one thing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"This is just the case with my query ; I asked for one thing and have had half a
hundred different matters offered in reply—not one of ..."
2. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"The Indians are all around teazing and perplexing me for one thing or another,
so that I scarce know what I write. I have the honor to be, &c. ..."
3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1878)
"for one thing, Mr. Wood knows what it is to be at perfect leisure—a most difficult
thing for a traveller, who is most often haunted with time-tables and the ..."
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