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[ thrahys ] / θraɪs /
adverbthree times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways. in threefold quantity or degree. very; extremely. Origin of thrice1150–1200; Middle English thries, equivalent to obsolete thrie thrice (Old English thrīga) + -s-s1 Words nearby thricethreshold limit value, threshold stimulus, threshold substance, thresh out, threw, thrice, thrift, thriftless, thriftshop, thrifty, thrill Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thriceThose people have now been thrice betrayed--by Mubarak, by Morsi, and yesterday by the military. Coming Clean on Egypt|Michael Tomasky|August 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Seriously, the Tea Party favorite has thrice run for a Delaware Senate seat and lost. Christine Quinn’s Lackluster Book Debut & More Political-Memoir Flops|Brandy Zadrozny|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Thrice married and twice divorced, Tony exemplified a certain Hollywood archetype. The Beautiful Bromance Between Filmmakers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott|Chris Lee|August 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Driven off thrice with gun-shots, would she make another try to feed or free her captive young one? Lobo, Rag and Vixen|Ernest Seton-Thompson
This process may be repeated twice or thrice, to obtain a very good bistre. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure In half an hour nearly fifteen hundred buckets were at work, and thrice that number of volunteers were lending their aid. The Gold Hunter's Adventures|William H. Thomes Glancing over it idly, he caught the name, twice or thrice repeated, of the town where Judge Priest lived. The Escape of Mr. Trimm|Irvin S. Cobb The despair of unrequited love was thrice intensified by jealousy. Robert Orange|John Oliver Hobbes
British Dictionary definitions for thrice
adverbthree times in threefold degree archaic greatly Word Origin for thriceOld English thrīwa, thrīga; see three Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |