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[ th air-bahy , th air -bahy ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌðɛərˈbaɪ, ˈðɛərˌbaɪ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb by that; by means of that.
in that connection or relation: Thereby hangs a tale.
by or near that place.
Scot. about that number, quantity, or degree.
Origin of thereby before 900; Middle English therby, Old English thǣrbī. See there, by1
Words nearby thereby thereafter, the real McCoy, There are plenty of fish in the sea, thereat, there but for the grace of God go I, thereby , thereby hangs a tale, Red and the Black, The, Red Badge of Courage, The, therefor, therefore
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Thereby had she been enabled to say, 'He will come'; and saying, 'He has come,' her touch rested on the first knot in the string.
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He had the courage, the foolhardiness to sign his name to the article, thereby irrevocably committing himself to the propaganda.
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The prophecy of extirpation had been passed, but the cruel agent of its accomplishment was not thereby condoned.
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British Dictionary definitions for thereby adverb by that means; because of that
archaic by or near that place; thereabouts
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Words related to thereby through, with, in that, so, so that