thusly
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8.1
- adverb
- /ˈðʌsli/
- Informal
- Deford described it thusly: "A wonderful high school junior going into her senior year."
- described thusly
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Watch on YouTubeThey said, now then, boys, when you go to bed with a woman or a man, the penis is inserted into the vagina thusly, now go get them.
- They said, now then, boys, when you go to bed with a woman or a man, the penis is inserted into the vagina thusly, now go get them.
- So because of that, my base assumption is that if you have a deflating currency that thusly buys you more over time.
- OK let me just quickly organize thusly the first thing that I was like damn I used to use that a lot.
Examples
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The position I will advocate in what follows can be summarized thusly:
Academic text (2016) -
Suck in your stomach and walk thusly.
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Some of their best citizens have been described thusly.
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But it is what it is and will have to stand or fail thusly.
Blog text (7) -
Thusly, money is kept in circulation.
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As I always do when working on a book, I introduce myself thusly: "My name is Jeff Pearlman."
Blog text (21) -
Stephen looked around and summed the burg up thusly.
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Think Like a CEO, which he hosts with Jay Papizan, is described thusly on Apple Podcasts.
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Professor Niels Blokker has described the issue thusly: "An increasing number of state functions can no longer be performed in splendid isolation."
Academic text (2017) -
The committee summarized the findings thusly: further research is needed to draw definite conclusions.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
In the same way
1
9.6
In this way
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thusly is simply the word thus with the adverb ending -ly, like quickly or slowly. It means 'in this way', so we use it to say how something is done.