ˈthusly, adv. colloq.
[f. thus + -ly2.]
= thus.
| 1865 Harper's Mag. Dec. 133/2 It happened, as J. Billings would say, ‘thusly’. 1876 [see dingus]. 1889 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 17 Jan. 2/3 On his way home George mused thusly. 1893 Lady Burton Life Sir R.F. Burton II. 3 Stories never lose anything in the recital, and consequently this one grew thusly. |