sixth
adjective
next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.
sixthly
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a word derived from
sixth.
Example Sentences
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Miss Mapp had got as far as sixthly, though she was aware she had not exhausted the possibilities, when the tram stopped.
From Miss Mapp by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
There, sixthly, is a numerical difference: the threads are many, the piece of cloth is one only.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
Of course I must change, dear; firstly, because I am smothered with dust, and sixthly, as Dogberry says, because I have brought a pretty gown to do honour to Wimperfield.'
From The Golden Calf by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
I proceed now, sixthly, to the method of making laws; which is much the same in both houses: and I shall touch it very briefly, beginning in the house of commons.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
Fronting him, sixthly and lastly, was situated a singularly stiff-looking personage, who, being afflicted with paralysis, must, to speak seriously, have felt very ill at ease in his unaccommodating habiliments.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Edgar Allan Poe
