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thus

/ˈðʌs/ adverb B1
  1. In this way or manner. (formal, literary) · If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.
  2. As a result. (formal, literary) · I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.
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Thus spoke the brave who was born and reared in the wigwams of the tribe of the Manhattans.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 32 · C1
Tell her that I have thus, to a certain degree, disobeyed her injunctions, in the hope that she may yet be inclined to see justice done.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 35 · C1
Perhaps it was caused by either the originality or the audacity of the snow-bird hunter, in thus circumventing her express commands against the ordinary modes of communication.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 36 · C1
Thus and thus, then, do we beat dogs when we are men.
The Jungle Book, p. 26 · B2

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