thus
//ˈðʌs//
formalDefinitions
1.In this way or manner.(formal)
- If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.
2.As a result.(formal)
- I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.
- Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.
1.Alternative form of thuris.(formal)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #820
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English thus, þus, from Old English þus (“thus, in this way, as follows, in this manner, to this extent”), from Proto-West Germanic *þus (“so, thus”), perhaps originally from a variant of the instrumental form of this, related to Old English þȳs (“by this, with this”), Old Saxon thius (“by this, with this”). Cognate with Scots thus (“thus”), North Frisian thus, Saterland Frisian dus, düs (“thus”), West Frisian dus (“thus”), Dutch dus (“thus, so”), Middle High German dus (“thus, as follows”).