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Definition of Thereby
1. Adverb. By that means or because of that. "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"
Definition of Thereby
1. adv. By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
Definition of Thereby
1. Adverb. (formal) By it, by that. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thereby
1. by that means [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thereby
Literary usage of Thereby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"This grave shall have a living monument ; An hour of quiet thereby shall we see ;
Till then, in patience our proceeding be. [Exeunt. 285 SCENE II. ..."
2. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1843)
"... not only in its details, but in some of its principles; imposing prohibitory
duties on a great variety of articles, thereby so far defeating itself, ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"In anguish and by dire constraint perforce Returning to Olympus, and thereby
Bring a like ruin upon all in heaven ? For He would leave these armies then, ..."
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