thoroly
English
Etymology
Proposed as a phonetic spelling of thoroughly in 1898 by the American National Education Association.
Adverb
thoroly (comparative more thoroly, superlative most thoroly)
- (rare) Alternative spelling of thoroughly
- 1915, Irving Langmuir, “The Pure Electron Discharge and Its Applications in Radio Telegraphy and Telephony”, in Alfred N. Goldsmith, editor, Proceedings of the IRE, volume 3, number 3, The Institute of Radio Engineers, published 1915, page 269:
- It was also necessary to free the glass surfaces very much more thoroly from gas than had been thought necessary previously.
- 1920, Arthur E. Bostwick, PhD, Librarian's Open Shelf Essays on Various Subjects, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2004:
- We can scarcely expect that each of our five hundred assistants should be thoroly imbued with the spirit of helpfulness toward the schools or even that they should perfectly understand what we desire and aim to do.
- Kenneth Helrich (1990) Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists
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Usage notes
This spelling is seldom found nowadays. However, the spelling is occasionally employed as shorthand.
References
- H.L. Mencken (1921) The American Language
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