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throughly

UK/ˈθɹuːli/

throughly adverb: thoroughly, completely.

Adverb

throughly (comparative more throughly, superlative most throughly)

  1. (archaic) Thoroughly, completely.
    • The whiles he steru'd with hunger and with drouth / He daily dyde, yet neuer throughly dyen couth.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • The next advantage / Will we take throughly.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

Forms of throughly

comparativemore throughly
superlativemost throughly
alternative formthruly

Origin of throughly

From through + -ly.

Questions about throughly

What does throughly mean?
Throughly means thoroughly, completely.
What part of speech is throughly?
Throughly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce throughly?
Throughly is pronounced /ˈθɹuːli/ (UK).

Words near throughly in the dictionary

  1. throughgoings
  2. throughlane
  3. throughlanes
  4. throughline
  5. throughlines
  6. throughly
  7. throughness
  8. throughother
  9. throughout
  10. throughoutness
  11. throughput

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