Thrice

Quick meaning: Thrice is an adverb meaning (somewhat dated outside Asia, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) Three times.

Meaning

(somewhat dated outside Asia, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) Three times.

Example Sentences

And the second time the cocke crew : and Peter called to minde the word that Jesus ſaid unto him, Before the cocke crow twiſe, thou ſhalt denie me thriſe. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

The weyward Siſters, hand in hand, / Poſters of the Sea and Land, / Thus doe goe, about, about, / Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, / And thrice againe, to make vp nine, / Peace, the Charme’s wound vp.

How far might I have been on my way by this time! I am made to tread thoſe ſteps thrice over, which I needed not to have trod but once: Yea, now alſo I am like to be benighted, for the day is almoſt ſpent.

Once, twice, thrice, I met Young Lubin on the Green, / once, twice, thrice, Young Lubin he met me, / the firſt time I beheld the Lad he made a humble bow, / I bluſh'd and hung my ſilly head and felt I don't know how, […]

Synonyms for thrice

Depending on context, synonyms include threefold, trebly, thricely, treble, triply.

Antonyms for thrice

Common opposites include once.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include threefold, triple, trinary, three-pronged, holy, great.

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