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thusly
[ thuhs-lee ]
Usage Note
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
He summarizes his photo philosophy thusly: “I take a tiny item from page six and put it at the forefront of page one.”
Taban spent 40 years embroiled in armed conflict, but summed his transformation up thusly: “Bloom where you are planted.”
To which, so far as I can tell, the supporters of Chavez rejoinder thusly: the poor loved him.
Associated Press reporter Matt Lee responded thusly: So what is the consequence for Israel of your [clears throat] anger?
The next time I spoke to him on the phone, he greeted me with thusly: “Hello, you prick.”
“I was never treated thusly in all my experience as a lecturer,” said Bob.
Transcriber's Note: Italics in the text are indicated by the use of an underscore as delimiter, thusly.
It were not too rank to paraphrase thusly: The nation the gods would destroy, they first make sporting mad.
This felicitous writer then proceeds, and in the next line gives vent to his pent-up feelings thusly: "Went to the Cupboard."
Italicized text is represented in the etext with underscores thusly.
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