Definition of And so forth

1. Adverb. Continuing in the same way.

Exact synonyms: And So On, Etc., Etcetera

Definition of And so forth

1. Phrase. (idiomatic) Indicates that a list continues in a similar manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of And So Forth

and-
and/or
and all
and all that
and change
and counting
and elsewhere
and finally
and his mother
and how
and if
and others
and so
and so forth (current term)
and so on
and that
and the like
and then
and then some
and whatnot
and your little dog too
andabatism
andalusite
andalusites
andante
andantes
andantini

Literary usage of And so forth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"For, to-day, a given man is acute, sensible, enlightened, eloquent, and so forth. We praise and pet him accordingly—smooth him down the back along with the ..."

2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... The goddes, and so forth by ease The flees of golde he ... as she that was through nome With loue, and so forth ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"I give you my word, there seem to me parts of novels—let us say the love-making, ihe "business," the villain in the cupboard, and so forth—which 1 should ..."

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