Thoroly vs Thoro - What's the difference?
thoroly | thoro | Derived terms |
(rare)
:* {{quote-journal
, year=1915
, year_published=1915
, journal=Proceedings of the IRE
, editor=Alfred N. Goldsmith
, author=Irving Langmuir
, title=The Pure Electron Discharge and Its Applications in Radio Telegraphy and Telephony
, volume=3
, issue=3
:* {{quote-book
, year=1916
, year_published=2007
, edition=Reprint
, editor=
, author=William J. Robinson, MD
, title=Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring
, chapter=
:* {{quote-book
, year=1920
, year_published=2004
, edition=HTML
, editor=
, author=Arthur E. Bostwick, PhD
, title=Librarian's Open Shelf Essays on Various Subjects
, chapter=
:* {{quote-book
, year=1983
, year_published=
, edition=
, editor=
, author=Robert Simon
, title=Percy Grainger: The Pictorial Biography
, chapter=
:*
:* {{quote-book
, year=2003
, year_published=
, edition=
, editor=
, author=NW Walker
, title=Raw Vegetable Juices: What's Missing in Your Body
, chapter=
:* {{quote-magazine
, date=1946-04-06
, year=
, month=
, first=
, last=
, author=
, coauthors=
, title=Thoro Overhauling for Manlius Rides
, volume=
, issue=
, page=81
, magazine=Billboard
, publisher=
, issn=
:* {{quote-news
, date=1974-01-20
, first=
, last=
, author=
, authorlink=
, coauthors=
, title=No Gasoline Rationing Seen
, newspaper=Chicago Tribue
, city=Chicago
, publisher=
, quotee=
, url=
, page=
, passage=Meanwhile, he said he has ordered a thoro government audit of all major oil company records
}}
Thoro is a derived term of thoroly.
Thoro is a related term of thoroly.
As an adverb thoroly
is an alternative spelling of thoroughly.As an adjective thoro is
informal spelling of thorough.thoroly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, genre= , publisher=The Institute of Radio Engineers , page=269 , passage=It was also necessary to free the glass surfaces very much more thoroly from gas than had been thought necessary previously. }}
citation, genre= , publisher=Wildside Press , isbn=9781434496195 , page=150 , passage=But there are now not a few well-to-do, well-known and influential men and women who thoroly believe that teaching the poor ... }}
citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=We can scarcely expect that each of our five hundred assistants should be thoroly imbued with the spirit of helpfulness toward the schools or even that they should perfectly understand what we desire and aim to do. }}
citation, genre= , publisher=GIA Publications , isbn=9780878752812 , page= , passage=Swedish and German Ellan and I can easily teah you (if you care to learn them), which would set you up thoroly' on the language side. Music I will develop you in ' thoroly , if you care to work with me. }}
citation, genre= , publisher=Health Research Books , isbn=9780787313388 , page=68 , passage=It is, therefore, of extreme importance to clean the vegetables thoroly … }}
Usage notes
This spelling is seldom found nowadays. However, the spelling is occasionally employed as shorthand.References
thoro
English
Alternative forms
* thoroughAdjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=… the Roller Coaster is to get a thoro overhauling. }}
