Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the sixth place.

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  • adverb In the sixth place.

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  • adverb In the sixth place; sixth in a row.

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  • adverb in the sixth place

Etymologies

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sixth +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Mark Twain has certainly made a stronger impression than many authors whose "sixthly" follows more inevitably.

    History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck 1897

  • Mexican -- rather well gotten up -- who proceeded to wave his arms like a parson who had reached "sixthly" in his sermon, and who proceeded thereat to overwhelm us with his eloquence.

    Crooked Trails Frederic Remington 1885

  • Oh - and sixthly - Michael Meacher's leadership ambitions will continue unabated.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Oh - and sixthly - Michael Meacher's leadership ambitions will continue unabated.

    Labour's Fightback: Six Predictions for Six Years 2007

  • Oh - and sixthly - Michael Meacher's leadership ambitions will continue unabated.

    Archive 2007-07-29 2007

  • Investigation, or of what should be inquired first and what last; sixthly, of the Limits of Investigation, or a synopsis of all natures in the universe; seventhly, of the

    The New Organon 2005

  • Demeter: thirdly, they have a solemn assembly at the city of Saïs for Athene, fourthly at Heliopolis for the Sun (Helios), fifthly at the city of Buto in honour of Leto, and sixthly at the city of

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • The region of the so-called neck is outwardly divided into five divisions, and sixthly comes the flattened portion at the end, and this portion has five flaps, or tail-fins; and the inner or under parts, into which the female drops her spawn, are four in number and hairy, and on each of the aforesaid parts is a spine turned outwards, short and straight.

    The History of Animals 2002

  • They will undertake, sixthly, actions to improve the perception of U.S. automobiles and foreign-made cars in the Korean marketplace.

    Press Briefing By Ambassador Fisher ITY National Archives 1998

  • God revealed in that place, the other directly including conditions; fifthly, The one speaking of things themselves, the other only of the manner of a thing; sixthly, In the one God holds out what he will do for the good of his, upon the account of the efficacy of his grace; in the other, what men are to do if they will be approved of him.

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

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