throughly

/ˈθɹuːli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

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adv

Archaic

"The whiles he steru'd with hunger and with drouth / He daily dyde, yet neuer throughly dyen couth."
"The next advantage / Will we take throughly."
"Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, / And cleanse me from my sin."

From through + -ly.

more throughly (comparative) most throughly (superlative) thruly (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce throughly?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɹuːli/.

What does throughly mean?

Thoroughly, completely.

Where does throughly come from?

From through + -ly.

How to pronounce throughly

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