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fourthly

American  
[fawrth-lee, fohrth-] / ˈfɔrθ li, ˈfoʊrθ- /

adverb

  1. in the fourth place; fourth.


Etymology

Origin of fourthly

First recorded in 1520–30; fourth + -ly

Example Sentences

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And fourthly, we have got to make our police departments look like the communities they serve in their diversity.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2016

And fourthly we were the head of the greatest empire and commonwealth the world had ever seen.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2012

And fourthly, we can prove that you escaped from this place as you had come, secretly, and through a difficult and roundabout path over the hills.

From Hand and Ring by Green, Anna Katharine

Well, first you had to be sure it was nonsense; then to see why it was nonsense; thirdly, to see how, being nonsense, it was received; fourthly, to revolve how it should be exposed.

From Second String by Hope, Anthony

And, fourthly, I shall offer copious readings from some of the most characteristic modern novels, in illustration of the general principles thus brought forward.

From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney

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