Meanings
alternative 3rdly · alternative obsolete thyrdly · alternative obsolete 3dly · alternative obsolete 3ᵈˡʸ
- not comparableIn the third place; third in a row.
Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii1 more example
And God hath ſet ſome in the Church, firſt Apoſtles, ſecondarily Pꝛophets, thirdly Teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helpes in gouernmẽts, diuerſities of tongues.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 12:28
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin the third place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishthird
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishthirdly
Translations
Arabic ثَالِثًا
- ثَالِثًا (ṯāliṯan)in the third place; third in a row
Catalan tercer, tercerament
- tercerin the third place; third in a row
- terceramentin the third place; third in a row
Chinese Mandarin 三來 /三来, 第三
- 三來 /三来 (sānlái)in the third place; third in a row
- 第三 (dìsān)in the third place; third in a row
Czech za třetí
- za třetíin the third place; third in a row
Danish for det tredje
- for det tredjein the third place; third in a row
Esperanto trie
- triein the third place; third in a row
Estonian kolmandaks
- kolmandaksin the third place; third in a row
Finnish kolmanneksi
- kolmanneksiin the third place; third in a row
French troisièmement, tertio
- troisièmementin the third place; third in a row
- tertioin the third place; third in a row
German drittens
- drittensin the third place; third in a row
Hungarian harmadszor
- harmadszorin the third place; third in a row
Italian terziamente
- terziamentein the third place; third in a row
Japanese 第三に
- 第三に (daisan ni)in the third place; third in a row
Korean 셋째로
- 셋째로 (setjjaero)in the third place; third in a row
Persian ثالثاً, سوماً
- ثالثاً (sâlesan)in the third place; third in a row
- سوماً (sevvoman)in the third place; third in a row
Polish po trzecie
- po trzeciein the third place; third in a row
Portuguese terceiramente
- terceiramentein the third place; third in a row
Russian в-тре́тьих
- в-тре́тьих (v-trétʹix)in the third place; third in a row
Slovak po tretie
- po tretiein the third place; third in a row
Swedish för det tredje
- för det tredjein the third place; third in a row
Ukrainian по-тре́тє
- по-тре́тє (po-trétje)in the third place; third in a row
Yiddish דריטנס
- דריטנס (dritns)in the third place; third in a row
Cite this entry
thirdly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirdly
“thirdly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirdly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thirdly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirdly.
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