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thereby | thus |

As adverbs the difference between thereby and thus

is that thereby is by it, by that while thus is in this way or manner.

As a noun thus is

an alternative spelling of lang=en.

thereby

English

Adverb

  • (formal) By it, by that.
  • * 1729 , :
    • Thirdly'', Whereas the Maintainance of an hundred thousand Children, from two Years old, and upwards, cannot be computed at less than Ten Shillings a piece ''per Annum'', the Nation's Stock will be thereby encreased fifty thousand pounds ''per Annum'', besides the profit of a new Dish, introduced to the Tables of all ''Gentlemen of Fortune in the Kingdom, who have any refinement in Taste, and the Money will circulate among our selves, the Goods being entirely of our own Growth and Manufacture.
  • * 1787 , :
    • This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby , any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

    See also

    * English pronominal adverbs

    thus

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) thus, thous, thos, from (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (lb) In this way or manner.
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  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ.
  • (lb) As a result.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.}}
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, and that in several cases these bacteria were dividing and thus , by the perverse arithmetic of biological terminology, multiplying.}}
    Synonyms
    * (as a result) as a result, consequently, hence, so, therefore * (in this way) like so, like this, so, this way, thusly
    Derived terms
    * thusly * thus and so * thus and such

    Etymology 2

    See thuris

    Noun

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    Anagrams

    * * * * English conjunctive adverbs English manner adverbs -----