Thrice Definition

thrīs
adverb
Three times.
Webster's New World
Three times as much or as many; threefold; triply.
Webster's New World
In a threefold quantity or degree.
American Heritage
Greatly; highly.
Webster's New World

Origin of Thrice

  • Middle English thries adverbial genitive of thrie from Old English thrīga trei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English thries, from earlier thrie (from Old English þrīga) + adverbial -s.

    From Wiktionary

Thrice Sentence Examples

  • Discussing the thrice holy in Isaiah vi.

  • He was thrice re-elected to the post, twice in 1886, and again in 1892.

  • Railways, roads and harbours which contractors had undertaken to construct for reasonable amounts were frequently made to cost thrice the original estimates.

  • The city was thrice visited by St Paul, probably in A.D.

  • Relieved, he snatched a torch and waved it thrice, until Vara wheeled and disappeared into the forest.

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Words Starting With

TTHTHR

Words Ending With

ECEICE

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