1
: three times
often used in combination
thrice-married
2
a
: in a threefold manner or degree
b
: to a high degree

Examples of thrice in a Sentence

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Advertisement Scene from a Stranger Things Season 3 mall Netflix If Season 2 was a costlier but inferior version of Season 1, then Season 5 is what Season 4 might have been if Netflix hadn’t felt the need to draw out a plot that was already thrice redundant. Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025 The Warriors and Blazers have played five times since Oct. 8 – twice in the preseason and then thrice over the first two months of the regular season. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 Dec. 2025 Expectations ran high at the 2022 unveiling of this little sister to the Grand Hotel Tremezzo near Bellagio, which is thrice the size of Passalacqua. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2025 Rico Dowdle only notched six rushes — and still earned 38 yards, 6.3 yards per carry — and Chuba Hubbard only ran it thrice for 16 yards. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for thrice

Word History

Etymology

Middle English thrie, thries, from Old English thriga; akin to Old Frisian thria three times, Old English thrīe three

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of thrice was in the 12th century

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“Thrice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrice. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.

Kids Definition

thrice

adverb
1
: three times
2
: to a high degree

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