Thus
[ðʌs]
Definition
(adv.) in the way indicated; 'hold the brush so'; 'set up the pieces thus'; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant).
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Definition
(n.) The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
(adv.) In this or that manner; on this wise.
(adv.) To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold.
Checker: Wade
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. In this manner, in this wise.[2]. So, to this degree.
Typist: Portia
Definition
adv. in this or that manner: to this degree or extent.—n. Thus′ness state of being thus.—adv. Thus′wise in this manner.
Typist: Owen
Examples
- And thus young Lord Greystoke took the first step toward the goal which he had set--the finding of other white men like himself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Thus rumour thrives in the capital, and will not go down into Lincolnshire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Thus it appears, that the principle, which opposes our passion, cannot be the same with reason, and is only called so in an improper sense. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Thus the enemy, with a vastly superior force, was strongly fortified to the east, south, and west, and commanded the river below. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The clocks thus controlled ought to be so regulated that if left to themselves they would always gain a little, but not more than a few minutes per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The newspapers had previously published articles showing the unusual capacity and performance of the battery, and public interest had thus been greatly awakened. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus our general rules are in a manner set in opposition to each other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Moreover, and what was the heaviest blow of all, he had time, thus unmolested, to get a good start. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She raised her eyes to my face, on being thus addressed, and her fingers plied their work, and she looked at me with an unmoved countenance. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Thus far, he had exactly repeated what he had done on the birthday night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- On another occasion when reconnoitring thus she beheld two female figures walking in the vale. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Thus, while the force was reduced nearly one-half, the quantity of product was more than doubled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When the science of static electricity was thus far developed, with a machine for generating it and a collector to receive it, many experiments followed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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