thusly

adv. <口> = thus

发音

US /ˈðʌs.li/
其它
UK /ˈðʌs.li/

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    thus (in this way).

    The history of the Universe has been summed up thusly: "Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people."

  2. 2.

    thus (therefore)

词汇关系

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词源

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.

来源:wiktionary