muchly

English

Etymology

From much +‎ -ly.

Adverb

muchly (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Very much, very.
   • 1912 September, Roubaix l’Abrie-Richey, “The Webfoot”, in Overland Monthly, volume LX, number 3, San Francisco, Calif., page 241, columns 1–2:

     Finally he partially unbuttoned his muchly-braided coat and drew forth a package done up neatly in white tissue paper.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 11: Sirens]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 253:

     Respectable girl meet after mass. Tanks awfully muchly.

   • 1958, Lee Forney Crawford, William Webb Crawford, Dean of Birmingham Bankers, and Family Sketches, Genealogies, Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, →OCLC, page 104:

     Their pleasantly risque jokes were muchly enjoyed by their set of friends.

   • 2025 October 11, Jo Ellison, “The forever 35 face of fashion”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 23:

     I've been thinking muchly about this in the past few weeks while sitting on the benches watching various fashion weeks.

Usage notes

• Often regarded as a misconstruction of adverbial much.

Derived terms

• ta muchly

Further reading

• “muchly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Common Errors in English: Muchly

Anagrams

• Chulym, mulchy