thus
thus is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.In this or that manner; on this wise. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Gen. vi.
- 2.Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth. Milton.
- 3.To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold. Shak. Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- according
- accordingly
- adventitious
- and
- are
- attitude
- attribution
- backwoods
- being
- beyond
- boundary
- bourn
- but
- case
- causation
- certain
- circumstance
- circumstantial
- circumvallation
- conditional
- conditionally
- confine
- conjunctive
- conterminable
- conterminate
- context
- contingency
- contingent
- crisis
- critical
- curbstone
- definite
- demarcation
- dependence
- emergence
- emergency
- enclave
- environment
- event
- exigency
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is thus.
- What is in this or that manner; on this wise. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Gen. vi called?
- What is thus God the heaven created, thus the earth. Milton called?
- What is to this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold. Shak. Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. Milton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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