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First/ Firstly, secondly, thirdly, fourthly, fifthly… eleventhly… twenty-firstly
Two rules here:
First, don’t count over three (four at a pinch). After that, the effect is unintentionally hilarious.
Second, the modern usage is to say
first
,
second
,
third
without the adverbial suffix
–ly
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