Thoroly

Proposed as a phonetic spelling of thoroughly in 1898 by the National Education Association.

Full definition of thoroly

1915 , Irving Langmuir , The Pure Electron Discharge and Its Applications in Radio Telegraphy and Telephony , It was also necessary to free the glass surfaces very much more thoroly from gas than had been thought necessary previously.
1916 , William J. Robinson, MD , Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring Chapter , But there are now not a few well-to-do, well-known and influential men and women who thoroly believe that teaching the poor ...
1920 , Arthur E. Bostwick, PhD , Librarian's Open Shelf Essays on Various Subjects Chapter , 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.
1983 , Robert Simon , Percy Grainger: The Pictorial Biography Chapter , 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.
2003 , NW Walker , Raw Vegetable Juices: What's Missing in Your Body Chapter , It is, therefore, of extreme importance to clean the vegetables thoroly â€¦

This spelling is seldom found nowadays. However, the spelling is occasionally employed as shorthand.