Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the fourth place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the fourth place.
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- adverb In the
fourth place;fourth in a row.
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- adverb in the fourth place
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sunday pushing a discourse -- which was good up to the "fourthly" -- into the "seventhly."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various
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It is like 'fourthly' and 'fifthly' in a sermon: you never know where it may lead you.
Molly Bawn Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
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Sundays, when "fourthly" and "sixthly" lulled him into a pleasing coma, and when even the shimmer of Mrs. Chase's shot silk failed to awaken his deep eyes to their accustomed delight in fabric and color.
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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His father had marked out his plan of life; but Jethro had had enough to do with the church on hot summer Sundays, when "fourthly" and "sixthly" lulled him into a pleasing coma, and when even the shimmer of Mrs. Chase's shot silk failed to awaken his deep eyes to their accustomed delight in fabric and color.
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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Seondly Bush added nearly 5 trillion to the deficits, thirdly government grew by some 35%, fourthly privatization is a form of socialism!!
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And fourthly because it looks increasingly like being in Afghanistan does not in fact protect us from terrorism.
Azeem Ibrahim: Negotiations With the Taliban Point to the Need to Leave Afghanistan Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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"First of all there's the pay level at the very top; secondly there's the number of people who get more than £150,000; thirdly there's the number of people who are deemed to be senior managers; and fourthly there's the whole issue of fairness across the board, with senior managers getting some deals which don't apply to others."
Lord Patten targets 'toxic' executive pay to restore public sympathy for BBC 2011
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And fourthly because it looks increasingly like being in Afghanistan does not in fact protect us from terrorism.
Azeem Ibrahim: Negotiations With the Taliban Point to the Need to Leave Afghanistan Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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Thirdly there were a great many people there, and among them a large number of handsomely dressed ladies, which made a very bright picture and a very pleasing one to see; fourthly the music was very fine, and fifthly the refreshments were excellent; but I have not put the different "heads" in proper order.
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And fourthly because it looks increasingly like being in Afghanistan does not in fact protect us from terrorism.
Azeem Ibrahim: Negotiations With the Taliban Point to the Need to Leave Afghanistan Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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