fifthly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The Mariners added two more runs in the fifthly inning.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2022
For it is impossible, fifthly, to separate the gift of adoption from the Divine Sacrifice, which contains it and imparts it.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
V. Nor, fifthly, did he fall in with any of the depraved fashions of his country, or with the natural bias of his own education.
From Evidence of Christianity by Paley, William
There are, secondly, “the structural and psychological imperfections of the work”; thirdly, “the tendency to unnecessary coarseness of language”; fourthly, “the feeble imitation of Shakspere”; fifthly, “the frequent similarity to Massinger's acknowledged writings.”
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
The parson was working his Sunday's text— Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the—Moses—was coming next.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
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