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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. seofonteĂłedha, 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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