Qua
[kweɪ;kwɑː] or [kwe]
Definition
(conj.) In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.
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Examples
- In all typewriters accurate location of the impression is essential to proper alignment of the letters, and proper alignment is the _sine qua non_ of typewriting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Becky screamed with laughter--Un biglietto, she sang out with Rosina, eccolo qua! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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