seventhly

Variant of seventh

seventh definition

sev·enth (sevənt̸h)

adjective

  1. preceded by six others in a series; 7th
  2. 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

  1. the one following the sixth
  2. any of the seven equal parts of something;
  3. Music
    1. 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
    2. the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them
    3. the chord formed by any tone and the third, fifth, and seventh of which it is the fundamental

adverb

in the seventh place, rank, group, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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