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FOURTHLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fourthly mean? 

FOURTHLY (adverb)
  The adverb FOURTHLY has 1 sense:

1. in the fourth placeplay

  Familiarity information: FOURTHLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOURTHLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In the fourth place

Synonyms:

fourth; fourthly

Context example:

fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month

Pertainym:

fourth (coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude)


 Context examples 


In the first place, she persisted in disbelieving the whole of the matter; secondly, she was very sure that Mr. Collins had been taken in; thirdly, she trusted that they would never be happy together; and fourthly, that the match might be broken off.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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