Thirdly
['θɜːdlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) In the third place.
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Examples
- Thirdly, and lastly, the machines and instruments of trade, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thirdly, Account for that propensity, which this illusion gives, to unite these broken appearances by a continued existence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Thirdly, The nature and qualities of that idea. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- We come smoothly to thirdly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thirdly, the employment of the fulling-mill for thickening the cloth, instead of treading it in water. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thirdly, A certain figure inscribed on each side. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Thirdly, can instincts be acquired and modified through natural selection? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Thirdly, that little man in St. James' Street, who sells box-combs, I forget his name, cut her hair at least an inch too short on the forehead. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Thirdly, As to free-will, we have shewn that it has no place with regard to the actions, no more than the qualities of men. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There must be first a husbandman, secondly a builder, thirdly a weaver, to which may be added a cobbler. Plato. The Republic.
- You were going to say, thirdly? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Thirdly, and lastly, everybody must be sensible how much labour is facilitated and abridged by the application of proper machinery. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thirdly, some part of the profits of stock belongs to the same rank, as a revenue arising from the employment of their small capitals. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thirdly, This very circumstance of the diminution of sympathy by the separation of relations is worthy of our attention. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Thirdly, because Anastatia is a little superstitious on the subject and feels averse to my giving away anybody until baby is old enough to be married. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thirdly, the wages of labour in different occupations vary with the constancy or inconstancy of employment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thirdly, good taste and esthetic appreciation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Thirdly, We can explain the causes of the firm conception, but not those of any separate impression. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Thirdly, such taxes would operate less as sumptuary laws. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That's thirdly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Thirdly, To the pleasure and advantage, which he himself reaps from his possessions, and which produce an agreeable sympathy in us. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- She did so on his neck, and, still clinging there, laughed a little when she said, 'I think I am ready now for Thirdly, John. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am ready for Thirdly,' said John, 'whatever it is. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- THIRDLY, To sympathy, which makes us partake of the satisfaction of every one, that approaches us. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There's a dreadful Secondly, and a dreadful Thirdly to come--as I used to say to myself in sermon-time when I was a very small-sized sinner at church. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thirdly, to say as all his things is to be put together, and give to anybody as we sends for 'em. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Thirdly, We may observe, as another relation betwixt these two kinds of distance, that they have nearly the same effects on every natural phaenomenon. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Thirdly, he had found Robert himself a sharp man of business. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thirdly, and lastly, In some places, as at Amsterdam, Hamburg, Venice, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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