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Definition of penultimately - 1 dictionary result
pe·nul·ti·mate   (pĭ-nŭl'tə-mĭt)   
adj.  
  1. Next to last.
  2. Linguistics Of or relating to the penult of a word: penultimate stress.
n.  The next to the last.

[From Latin paenultimus; see penult.]
pe·nul'ti·mate·ly adv.
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