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Thusly

//ˈðʌs.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    thus (in this way). not-comparable, proscribed

    "Ar, tell me it is not so thusly as this thusness wouldst seem!"

  2. 2
    thus (therefore) not-comparable, proscribed

    "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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in the way indicated wordnet

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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