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seventhly
Variant of seventh
seventh
definition
sev·enth (sev′ənt̸h)
adjective
- preceded by six others in a series; 7th
- designating any of the seven equal parts of something
Etymology: ME seventhe, a new formation < seoven + -th, replacing OE seofande (akin to Ger siebente) & seofotha
noun
- the one following the sixth
- any of the seven equal parts of something;
- Music
- the seventh tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone six degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; leading tone; subtonic
- the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them
- the chord formed by any tone and the third, fifth, and seventh of which it is the fundamentalin full seventh chord
adverb
in the seventh place, rank, group, etc.
Related Forms:
- seventhly sev′·enthly adverb
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