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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

There is fourthly the self-interest of science, and the peculiar nature of her servants—the learned.

From Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Nor, fourthly, do I mean by Theology that vague thing called ‘Christianity,’ or ‘our common Christianity,’ or ‘Christianity the law of the land,’ if there is any man alive who can tell what it is....

From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

But, fourthly, it was as Father and Head of the race that the first act of Noah leaving the ark was to offer sacrifice; he offered it for himself and for all his children.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

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