thusly
advUS, UK /ˈðʌs.li/
Etymology From thus + -ly, dating from the 19th century, seemingly coined by educated writers to make fun of uneducated persons trying to sound genteel, with a false inference that thus is not an adverb.
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Proscribed thus (in this way).
- Ar, tell me it is not so thusly as this thusness wouldst seem!1865, Hingston, editor, Artemus Ward (His Travels) Among the Mormons:
- His course can only be akkounted for thusly:1866, Petroleum V. Nasby, Life of Androo Johnson:
4 more examples
- He had an attack of catarrh not long ago, and it happened, as J. Billings would say, "thusly:"1866, Harper's Magazine:
- Stories never lose anything in the recital, and consequently this one grew thusly.1893, Isabel Burton, The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton KCMG, FRGS, volume II:
- The history of the Universe has been summed up thusly: "Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people."1995 December, John P. Wiley Jr, quoting Edward R. Harrison, Smithsonian Magazine
- Going thusly, unwillingly at the bell, Answering the call to recycle my time.1996, Charles Harding, High Rise Dwelling:
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Proscribed thus (therefore)
- Lately, they [the prison authorities] came up with a new excuse. Seems like they consider owning a Gay publication is an expression of a person's sexuality and would thusly identify the person as a homosexual which would then subject him to assault or pressures.1976 August 21, Calvin Keach, quotee, “Leavenworth, Again”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 2: