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THIRDLY
third, thirdly
(adverb) in the third place; “third we must consider unemployment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
thirdly (not comparable)
In the third place; third in a row.
Synonyms
• 3rdly
Source: Wiktionary
Third"ly, adv.
Definition: In the third place. Bacon.
THIRD
Third, a. Etym: [OE. thirde, AS. , fr. , , three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. , Goth. , L. tertius, Gr. t. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the thirdhour in the day. "The third night." Chaucer.
2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers Ă©tat. See Tiers Ă©tat. Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.
– Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.
– Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3.
Third, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
4. pl. (Law)
Definition: The third part of the estate of a deseased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones.
– Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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