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Thursday

/ˈθɝz.deɪ/ adverb C2
  1. On Thursday. (US, informal)
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The other day—Thursday, to be more exact—Dr.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 97 · C1
One day last week—on Thursday night, to be more exact—I found that I could not sleep, having foolishly taken a cup of strong café noir after my dinner.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · B2
His marriage was now fast approaching; and she was at length so far resigned as to think it inevitable, and even repeatedly to say, in an ill-natured tone, that she “_wished_ they might be happy.” Thursday was to be the wedding-day, and on Wednesday Miss Lucas paid her farewell visit; and when she rose to take leave, Elizabeth, ashamed of her mother’s ungracious and reluctant good wishes, and sincerely affected herself, accompanied her out of the room.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 168 · B2
He comes down on Thursday, at the latest, very likely on Wednesday.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 308 · B2

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