thrice

[ thrahys ]

adverb
  1. three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.

  2. in threefold quantity or degree.

  1. very; extremely.

Origin of thrice

1
1150–1200; Middle English thries, equivalent to obsolete thrie thrice (Old English thrīga) + -s-s1

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thrice

/ (θraɪs) /


adverb
  1. three times

  2. in threefold degree

  1. archaic greatly

Origin of thrice

1
Old English thrīwa, thrīga; see three

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