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quinary

adjective as in fifth

adjective as in five

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Example Sentences

In the Mollusca circle two classes are still wanting to complete the quinary arrangement of that sub-kingdom.

Subordinate to either one of these the quinary may and often does appear.

In its structure the quinary is the simplest, the most primitive, of the natural systems.

Up to this point the Greenlander's scale is almost purely quinary.

The foregoing examples will show with considerable fulness the wide dispersion of the quinary scale.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quinary, such as: quinquennial, and quintan.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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