# thusly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈðʌs.li/ · frequency rank #62,572

## Definitions
1. thus (in this way).
2. thus (therefore)

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/thusly