throughly
[throo-lee]
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adverb Archaic.
Origin of throughly
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Historical Examples of throughly
Page 107: throughly changed to thoroughly (throughly enjoyed their holiday;).
Two Little ConfederatesThomas Nelson Page
I affy me in you: only heed this, What you do, do throughly.
It Might Have BeenEmily Sarah Holt
I am not so throughly stocked with sea-shells as I wish and endeavour.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to LinnusWilliam MacGillivray
Meanwhile the region had been throughly explored from Monterey as a base.
The Colonization of North AmericaHerbert Eugene Bolton
Wash me throughly from my wickedness, And cleanse me from my sin.
The Right and Wrong Uses of the BibleR. Heber Newton
throughly
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