thus
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(r) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- therefore X must be true
- the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
- we were young and thence optimistic
- it is late and thus we must go
- the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
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(r) in the way indicated
- hold the brush so
- set up the pieces thus; ("thusly" is a nonstandard variant)
Nouns
- (n) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation frankincense, gum olibanum, olibanum,