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Then he began to sing softly a war-song which may be roughly rendered in English thus:

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  1. adverb In this manner: Lay the pieces out thus. See Usage Note at thusly.
  2. adverb To a stated degree or extent; so.
  3. adverb Therefore; consequently: Thus it was necessary for me to resign.

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  • Luther thus was at least a passive sharer in the game of high policy, ecclesiastical and temporal, now being played, and had to pursue his own course accordingly. —  Life of Luther
  • Sometimes the meconium can become impacted within the rectum or small colon of foals -- thus, the term meconium impaction. —  TheHorse.com News
  • Sa-kwa (it means both apple and apology in Korean, thus exploring the significance of the apple from the Tree of Knowledge in Genesis along with exploring the power of forgiveness) parallel its double appearance at PIFF, showing during media screenings last year and featured again this year since it still hasn't snagged an official South Korean release. —  GreenCine Daily
  • As Mr Sternberg wrote in his comment the Hebrew original was poorly translated into English and thus the Hebrew word 'shoah' is - in the context given - not at all appropriately translated with the English word 'holocaust'. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • We have had enough -- thus, the name tea party, because I will tell you, when you have got the American people behind you, that is a pretty strong friend. —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English; see to- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English thus, thous, thos, from Anglo-Saxon thus (= Old Saxon thus = OFries. thus = Dutch dus), prob. a variant of thy¯s (= Old Saxon thius), instrumental of thes, this: see this.
  2. Latin thus, tus, incense. Cf. thurible, etc.
 

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