Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the tenth place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a tenth manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In the
tenth place; tenth in a row.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb (in enumerating something, such as topics or points of discussion) in the tenth place
Etymologies
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tenth + -ly
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Examples
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The preacher laid out his subject under a great many heads, firstly, secondly, thirdly, up to tenthly.
The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Hall Caine 1892
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"- e": unue = firstly, at first. deke = tenthly. due = secondly, in the second place. sesdeke = sixtiethly. kvine = fifthly, in the fifth place. okdek-kvare = eighty-fourthly.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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