thrice

[ thrahys ]

adverb

1. three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
2. in threefold quantity or degree.
3. very; extremely.

thrice

/ θraɪs /

adverb

1. three times
2. in threefold degree
3. archaic.
   greatly

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrice¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrice¹

Old English thrīwa, thrīga; see three

Example Sentences

Here, twenty-odd folks share one toilet – a privilege for which a few others next door would pay thrice their rent, just to halve the number of fellow users they have to share their own toilets with.

From Time

Also part of the SpaceX lineup is the thrice-flown Falcon Heavy rocket, with 27 engines, and its massive 33-engine Super Heavy, which should have its first flight this year.

From Time

Considering that we have to eat food thrice per day just to stay alive, it’s probably time to consider making that process a little less complicated at least some of the time.

From Eater

Riders cram themselves into carriages running at thrice their capacity, in a self-organized human jigsaw that would sometimes find you dangling outside the permanently open doors of carriage, where at least you could breathe freely.

From Nautilus

Wiskus, carrying a full 15-hour class load while practicing 20 hours per week, joined thrice-weekly Zoom calls with alumni to discuss strategy and review talking points for the flurry of interview requests that followed.

From Washington Post

I return home after several days in the hospital and start thrice weekly physical therapy.

From The Daily Beast

Those people have now been thrice betrayed--by Mubarak, by Morsi, and yesterday by the military.

From The Daily Beast

Seriously, the Tea Party favorite has thrice run for a Delaware Senate seat and lost.

From The Daily Beast

Thrice married and twice divorced, Tony exemplified a certain Hollywood archetype.

From The Daily Beast

South Carolina evangelical voters cast their ballots overwhelmingly for a thrice-married admitted adulterer.

From The Daily Beast

He had repeated till he was thrice weary the statement that "the Cat lay on the Mat and the Rat came in."

From Project Gutenberg

Walking thrice round it, he at each time gravely repeated: "If she dies she dies, but if she lives she lives."

From Project Gutenberg

Among others, an Abb thrice lifted his fork to his mouth, and thrice laid it down, with an eager stare of surprise.

From Project Gutenberg

The average quantity to begin with for a child of ten or twelve years has been twenty grains thrice daily.

From Project Gutenberg

Child, thrice child, only remember that I love you, and don't let anything disturb you.

From Project Gutenberg