adv
Meaning 1
In the fourth place; fourth in a row.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fourthly
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Pronunciation
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adverb
Meaning 2
in the fourth place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fourth
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fourth Middle English -ly English -ly English fourthly From fourth + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: za čtvrté — in the fourth place
- Esperanto: kvare — in the fourth place
- Estonian: neljandaks — in the fourth place
- Finnish: neljänneksi — in the fourth place
- French: quatrièmement — in the fourth place
- Old French: quartement — in the fourth place
- German: viertens — in the fourth place
- Hungarian: negyedsorban — in the fourth place
- Hungarian: negyedszer — in the fourth place
- Polish: po czwarte — in the fourth place
- Russian: в-четвёртых (v-četvjórtyx) — in the fourth place
- Spanish: en cuarto lugar — in the fourth place
- Ukrainian: по-четве́рте (po-četvérte) — in the fourth place
- Yiddish: פֿערטנס (fertns) — in the fourth place