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adverb
- 1. three times: "Dean was thrice married"
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Dec 29, 2016 · Thrice / three times; Four times; Five times; Six times; Seven times; Eight times; Nine times; Ten times; Note: "a couple" doesn't always mean exactly two, although it often does. As mentioned by Mick in the comments, thrice is quite old fashioned and while most people in the UK would understand, it's not commonly used.
The NOAD says thrice is, "chiefly formal literary," which is what the OED says too. They also say that in sentences such as "I was thrice blessed." thrice means "extremely; very." Looking for any sentence containing thrice on the Corpus of Contemporary American English, I found 230 sentences, 6 of those cataloged as "spoken."
May 27, 2018 · How to refer to 'once, twice, thrice' correctly in grammar terminology? I found sources which called them 'predeterminers' (see here) and source that call them 'quantifiers' (see here).
Oct 29, 2020 · Note: Biweekly, as the meaning says can be used to mean either instance, which will certainly lead to ambiguity. Better avoid it. There is a special word for twice a week occurrence: Semiweekly Occurring twice a week. (North American usage)
Jan 13, 2014 · 1. Three times, lasting three days every time. A total of nine days. Hence a three-day activity repeated thrice. Over here does not mean above but something that happens over a period of time or is distributed over a period of time. So it refers to the progress that happened spanning the three occasions.
Jun 6, 2022 · @Barmar The OP clearly does not understand the meaning of the word "shy" in this context, as proven by their question. Until you understand this meaning of the word "shy", it is literally impossible to answer how "twice" is used because you are completely unable to parse the sentence. All other answers fail to cover this. –
Jun 3, 2015 · Good answer. Native English speakers would not use percentage or fractions with the phrases 'times as fast' or 'times faster'.
The sentences are identical in meaning. – James Webster. Commented Oct 21, 2015 at 14:24. 1
3. "once as good" is an unusual turn of phrase, a play on words. It is far more common to say " just as good" or simply "as good", meaning "equally good". To be considered as good as a man (i.e. his equal), a woman must be perceived to be twice as good as he is, that is, to be doubly good, to have double his amount of competence, experience ...
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