Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In the ninth place.
Wiktionary
- adv. In the ninth place; ninth in a row.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In the ninth place.
Etymologies
- ninth + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Kevin, ninthly enthroned, in the concentric centre of the trans-lated water, whereamid, when violet vesper vailed, Saint Kevin,”
“The second promise is that, nine-tenths of what is worthy to be called Literature being concerned with this spiritual element, for that it should be studied, from firstly up to ninthly, before anything else.”
“Furthermore, and in continuation, as Mr. McClave always says after his ninthly," airily interrupted Janice, drawing from her bosom the portrait of herself.”
“The new couple walked seven times round a blazing fire, partook of a feast with their friends, heard a final sort of a "ninety-ninthly and to conclude" parting word from the four old people, and then, just as all married people do, went to housekeeping, and having their own way as much as possible.”
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated
“Saracens; fourthly and fifthly, the Ottoman Turks and Venetians; sixthly, the Latin princes of Constantinople -- not to speak seventhly and eighthly of Albanian or Egyptian Ali Pashas, or ninthly, of Joseph Humes and Greek loans, is now, viz., in March, 1844, alive and kicking.”
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bilby It's a bit late on twenty-fourthly for me to quite get this :-((( Dec 25, 2007
sarra An oft-quoted anecdote — perhaps even oft-witnessed, for the simple reason that it's a joy to repeat — has two dons in conversation, one of them heard in passing to be saying “and ninthly…”
New Scientist : Letters : Twenty-fifthly - 13 December 1997
Alleged to have appeared as a cartoon in Punch magazine some time pre-WWII. Dec 25, 2007