A Long Overdue Reply

Longtime TOSC reader and fan Tim Ericson asked us "Eon"s ago about usage of the word "thusly." Tim, this post's for you.

While Webster's allows "thusly" in informal usage as an adverb, Bryan Garner's A Dictionary of Modern American Usage says: "Thus itself being an adverb, it needs no -ly. Although the nonword thusly has appeared in otherwise respectable writing, it remains a serious lapse."

Thanks for reading, Tim.