fifthly

fifthly
fifth ► ORDINAL NUMBER 1) constituting number five in a sequence; 5th. 2) (a fifth/one fifth) each of five equal parts into which something is or may be divided. 3) Music an interval spanning five consecutive notes in a diatonic scale, in particular (also perfect fifth) an interval of three tones and a semitone.
● take the fifth — Cf. ↑take the fifth
DERIVATIVES fifthly adverb.

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