SEVENTEENTHLY

Etymology

Adverb

seventeenthly (not comparable)

In the seventeenth place; seventeenth in a row.

Source: Wiktionary


SEVENTEENTH

Sev"en*teenth`, a. Etym: [From Seventeen: cf. AS. seofonteóedha, seofonteogeedha.]

1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11.

2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sev"en*teenth`, n.

1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: An interval of two octaves and a third.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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