penultimately

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Next to the last in order. not-comparable
    — 2007 Aug 28, Jon Henley in The Guardian, Diary. Our sincere thanks, penultimately, to the countless hordes of you who, during our absence, sent in...

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Etymology tree
Latin paenultimus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English penultimate
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English penultimately
From penultimate + -ly.
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