"fourthly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fourthly.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree English fourth Middle English -ly English -ly English fourthly From fourth + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fourth|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fourth Middle English -ly English -ly English fourthly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fourthly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fourthly"> From fourth + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} fourthly (not comparable)
  1. In the fourth place; fourth in a row. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in the fourth place): za čtvrté (Czech), kvare (Esperanto), neljandaks (Estonian), neljänneksi (Finnish), quatrièmement (French), viertens (German), negyedsorban (Hungarian), negyedszer (Hungarian), quartement (Old French), po czwarte (Polish), в-четвёртых (v-četvjórtyx) (Russian), en cuarto lugar (Spanish), по-четве́рте (po-četvérte) (Ukrainian), פֿערטנס (fertns) (Yiddish)

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