thusly
/ˈðʌs.li/
"thusly" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thusly” is uncommon English (frequency #62,572 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,572
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - thus (in this way).
Corpus desk
Index EN-thusly · thusly · English
thusly · rank #62,572 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,572
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Thucydides
Nearest frequency peer: Thucydides (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “thusly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- thespian
thespian
37,432 corpus weight
- Thibodeau
Thibodeau
37,431 corpus weight
- Thucydides
Thucydides
37,430 corpus weight
- thusly
thusly
37,429 corpus weight
- tilling
tilling
37,428 corpus weight
- tinkle
tinkle
37,426 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “thusly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thusly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈðʌs.li/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thusly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thusly is uncommon English at frequency #62,572 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈðʌs.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
thusly has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is thusly, spelled T-H-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1thus (in this way).
- 2thus (therefore)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thusly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ar, tell me it is not so thusly as this thusness wouldst seem!
His course can only be akkounted for thusly:
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.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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