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thoroly

thoroly is the alternative spelling of thoroughly.

Meaning of thoroughly

Adverb

thoroughly (comparative more thoroughly, superlative most thoroughly)

  1. In a thorough or complete manner.
    • He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.
    Synonyms:
    but good, in spades

Forms of thoroly

comparativemore thoroly
superlativemost thoroly

Origin of thoroly

Proposed as a phonetic spelling of thoroughly in 1898 by the American National Education Association.

Questions about thoroly

What is thoroly the alternative spelling of?
Thoroly is the alternative spelling of thoroughly.

Words near thoroly in the dictionary

  1. Thorogood
  2. Thorogoods
  3. thorogummite
  4. Thorold
  5. Thorolds
  6. thoroly
  7. thoron
  8. thoronol
  9. thorons
  10. thorosteenstrupine
  11. thorosteenstrupines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thoroly (page history and authors); thoroughly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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