thusly

Definition

thus (in this way).

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.

Example Sentences

• "Ar, tell me it is not so thusly as this thusness wouldst seem!"
• "His course can only be akkounted for thusly:"
• "He had an attack of catarrh not long ago, and it happened, as J. Billings would say, "thusly:""