different between thusly vs thus

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ð?s.li/

Adverb

thusly (not comparable)

1. (sometimes proscribed) thus (in this way).
   • 1866, Petroleum V. Nasby, Life of Androo Johnson

     His course can only be akkounted for thusly:

   • 1866, Harper's Magazine,

     He had an attack of catarrh not long ago, and it happened, as J. Billings would say, "thusly:"

   • 1995 December, John P. Wiley Jr, quoting Edward R. Harrison, Smithsonian Magazine:

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

   • Answering the call to recycle my time.

Usage notes

Although thusly has diffused into popular usage, it may be regarded as incorrect by some; instead, other equivalent expressions (such as thus or this way) can be used. It originated in the Eastern U.S., and it is still more common in American than British English; it is "often used for amusement or to make an ironic point."

References

• thusly at OneLook Dictionary Search
• (thusly*1000), thus at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• Luthys, hustly

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?s, IPA^(key): /?ð?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English thus, thous, thos, from Old English þus (“thus, in this way, as follows, in this manner, to this extent”), from Proto-West Germanic *þus (“so, thus”), perhaps originally from a variant of the instrumental form of this, related to Old English þ?s (“by this, with this”), Old Saxon thius (“by this, with this”). Cognate with Scots thus (“thus”), North Frisian aldoz (“thus”), West Frisian dus (“thus”), Dutch dus (“thus, so”), Low German sus (“thus, hence”).

Adverb

thus (not comparable)

1. (manner) In this way or manner.
2. (conjunctive) As a result.

Synonyms

• (in this way): as such, like so, like this, so, thusly; See also Thesaurus:thus
• (as a result): as such, before, consequently, hence, so, therefore; See also Thesaurus:therefore

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

thus (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of thuris

Anagrams

• Hust, STHU, Tush, huts, shut, tush

Latin

Alternative forms

• t?s

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (thúos, “burnt offering, holocaust”), from ??? (thú?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t?u?s/, [t??u?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tus/, [t?us]

Noun

th?s n (genitive th?ris); third declension

1. incense, frankincense

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Synonyms

• libanus (Late Latin)

Descendants

• ? Middle Irish: túis
  • Irish: túis

See also

• th?mi?ma

References

• thus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• thus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette