thrice

[ thrahys ]

/ θraɪs /

three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.

in threefold quantity or degree.

very; extremely.

Origin of thrice

1150–1200; Middle English thries, equivalent to obsolete thrie thrice (Old English thrīga) + -s -s¹

Those people have now been thrice betrayed--by Mubarak, by Morsi, and yesterday by the military.

Coming Clean on Egypt |Michael Tomasky |August 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Seriously, the Tea Party favorite has thrice run for a Delaware Senate seat and lost.

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Thrice married and twice divorced, Tony exemplified a certain Hollywood archetype.

The Beautiful Bromance Between Filmmakers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott |Chris Lee |August 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Driven off thrice with gun-shots, would she make another try to feed or free her captive young one?

Lobo, Rag and Vixen |Ernest Seton-Thompson

This process may be repeated twice or thrice, to obtain a very good bistre.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
In half an hour nearly fifteen hundred buckets were at work, and thrice that number of volunteers were lending their aid.

The Gold Hunter's Adventures |William H. Thomes
Glancing over it idly, he caught the name, twice or thrice repeated, of the town where Judge Priest lived.

The Escape of Mr. Trimm |Irvin S. Cobb
The despair of unrequited love was thrice intensified by jealousy.

Robert Orange |John Oliver Hobbes

thrice

/ (θraɪs) /

three times

in threefold degree

archaic greatly

Old English thrīwa, thrīga; see three