According to the OED, "thusly" is colloquial term for "thus" dating to
the 19th century. Actually, I think it's a mistake made by elegant
Victorians trying to pretty up the adverb.

I think so too, Dan. Some folks think a longer word is more elegant
and sounds more intelligent than a short word--although the opposite
is true. The author of one of my books on writing calls that "the lure
of the additional syllable."

So we constantly hear "at this point in time" instead of "now," and
"at that point in time" instead of "then."

My favorite is "individual." We hear it constantly, from the mouths
of virtually everyone on television. Bergen and Cornelia Evans, in
the book I cited, say that when Dickens wanted to make a character in
one of his novels appear pompous and ridiculous, he had him use the
word "individual" instead of the correct word, "person."

But many of his readers didn't get the joke, and adopted the new,
longer, more elegant word. We see the results today

vince norris