SIXTEENTHLY
Etymology
Adverb
sixteenthly (not comparable)
In the sixteenth place; sixteenth in a row.
Source: Wiktionary
SIXTEENTH
Six"teenth`, a. Etym: [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixteĂł.]
1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided. Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver.
Six"teenth`, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: An interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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