fifthly
adverb
fifthly is an adverb meaning “In the fifth place; fifth in a row” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-F-T-H-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fifthly mean?
adverb
- 1
In the fifth place; fifth in a row.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fifthly?
Fifthly appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fifthly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in the fifth place:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cinquièmement |
| German | fünftens |
| Spanish | en quinto lugar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fifthly come from?
From fifth + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).