This condition is plesiomorphic for cynognathids and the more derived gomphodonts.

Firstness (in-itselfness, originality) helps to explain logico-cognitive processes and therefore, at once, the formation of signs.

Betty ran all out in the sprint race; yet, it was close, but no cigar.

… to make commuter operations profitable, a 70 per cent fare rise would be necessary. The president admitted that an increase of this magnitude would be self-defeating and suggested that the commuter himself should not have to bear the whole burden because the service was not exclusively for his benefit, but largely for that of the community concerned.