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thirdly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈθɜːdli/
  • UK: /ˈθɜːdlɪ/
  • US: /ˈθɚdli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: TH ER1 D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In the third place; third 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

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in the third place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • third we must consider unemployment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: third

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English third Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English thirdly From third + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثَالِثًا (ṯāliṯan) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Armenian: երրորդ (errord) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Bashkir: өсөнсөнән (ösönsönən) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Belarusian: па-трэ́цяе (pa-trécjaje) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Catalan: tercer — in the third place; third in a row
  • Catalan: tercerament — in the third place; third in a row
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三來 /三来 (sānlái) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第三 (dìsān) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Czech: za třetí — in the third place; third in a row
  • Danish: for det tredje — in the third place; third in a row
  • Esperanto: trie — in the third place; third in a row
  • Estonian: kolmandaks — in the third place; third in a row
  • French: tertio — in the third place; third in a row
  • French: troisièmement — in the third place; third in a row
  • Old French: tiercement — in the third place; third in a row
  • German: drittens — in the third place; third in a row
  • Hungarian: harmadszor — in the third place; third in a row
  • Italian: terziamente — in the third place; third in a row
  • Japanese: 第三に (daisan ni) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Kazakh: үшіншіден (üşınşıden) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Korean: 셋째로 (setjjaero) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Marathi: तिसरे (tisre) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Persian: ثالثاً (sâlesan) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Persian: سوماً (sevvoman) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Polish: po trzecie — in the third place; third in a row
  • Portuguese: terceiramente — in the third place; third in a row
  • Russian: в-тре́тьих (v-trétʹix) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Slovak: po tretie — in the third place; third in a row
  • Swedish: för det tredje — in the third place; third in a row
  • Tajik: солисан (solisan) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Ukrainian: по-тре́тє (po-trétje) — in the third place; third in a row
  • Uzbek: uchinchidan — in the third place; third in a row
  • Yiddish: דריטנס (dritns) — in the third place; third in a row