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seventhly, adv.|ˈsɛv(ə)nθlɪ|
[f. seventh a. + -ly2.]
In the seventh place (in an enumeration).
c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 929 Seventhly, septiesmement. 1574Whitgift Def. Answ. xvii. 631 Master Gualter..sayth: He comprehendeth seuenthly in this order, gouernours vnder whom [etc.]. 1648D. Jenkins Wks. 38 Seventhly, we maintaine that the King is the onely supreme Governour in all causes. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Rules, Seventhly, Galloping is the last, and must be join'd to all the other Paces. a1887Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 328 Seventhly, no one can find these footpaths, which probably led nowhere.
b. As n. with ref. to the heads of a sermon.
1815Scott Paul's Lett. i. (1816) 4 The Parson has spared his flock one Seventhly of his text. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. ix, I have been..catechised respecting Boanerges Boiler, his fifthly, sixthly, and his seventhly. |