What does throughly mean?
Throughly means (now rare, archaic) Thoroughly, completely..
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/ˈθɹuːli/ · adverb
(now rare, archaic) Thoroughly, completely..
The whiles he steru'd with hunger and with drouth / He daily dyde, yet neuer throughly dyen couth.
The next advantage / Will we take throughly.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, / And cleanse me from my sin.
Use throughly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Throughly means (now rare, archaic) Thoroughly, completely..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The whiles he steru'd with hunger and with drouth / He daily dyde, yet neuer throughly dyen couth.
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