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nineteenthly

nineteenthly adverb: in nineteenth place; nineteenth in a row.

Adverb

nineteenthly (not comparable)

  1. In nineteenth place; nineteenth in a row.

Noun

nineteenthly (plural nineteenthlies)

  1. (archaic) One of numerous points in a long sermon.
    • In a word, the old Dame of Babylon, against whom our fathers testified so loudly, seems now hardly worth a passing attack, even in the Nineteenthly of an afternoon's sermon, and is in some measure reduced to the pavé.1816, The Eclectic Review
    • One can fancy the delight of the oppressed Puritan boys in the days of the nineteenthlies, driven to the place of worship by the tithing-men, and cooped up on the pulpit and gallery stairs under charge of the constables, at hearing for once a discourse which they could understand, […]1863, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Out-door Papers, page 366

Forms of nineteenthly

pluralnineteenthlies

Origin of nineteenthly

From nineteenth + -ly.

Questions about nineteenthly

What does nineteenthly mean?
Nineteenthly means in nineteenth place; nineteenth in a row.
What part of speech is nineteenthly?
Nineteenthly can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near nineteenthly in the dictionary

  1. nineteens
  2. nineteenth
  3. nineteenth hole
  4. nineteenth holes
  5. nineteenthlies
  6. nineteenthly
  7. nineteenths
  8. nineth
  9. ninethly
  10. nineties
  11. ninetieth

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