Definition of "firsthand" in English

adjective

1. Direct, without intermediate stages.

   • firsthand knowledge
   • 1990 March, Cliff Gromer, Firsthand Report: Yamaha WaveRunner III, Popular Mechanics.

2. Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.

   • a firsthand copy

adverb

1. Directly or from personal experience.

   • 2003, Katherine Edgar, “Levant”, in Jennifer Speake, Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P However, the romantic subjective approach persisted, allowing the nontraveling reader the illusion of experiencing the region at firsthand, […]