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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

thus

/ðʌs/

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What does thus mean?

adverb

  1. (literary) In this way or manner.
  2. (literary) As a result.

noun

  1. (literary) Alternative form of thuris.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. plural of Thu

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IPA pronunciation

/ðʌs/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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It was better to stand thus, with so many betwixt him and her, than to greet him face to face—they two alone.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet LetterProject Gutenberg ebook #33
It was only when I got thus close to it that the strangeness of this object was at all evident to me.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
More book examples (3)
I was thus led to infer that the ground of our opinions is far more custom and example than any certain knowledge.
René DescartesDiscourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the SciencesTranslated by John VeitchProject Gutenberg ebook #59
I wondered why the black man took such pains to discourse thus at length to enemies upon the genesis of life Barsoomian.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe gods of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #64
Thinking of the slain, he achieved a great contempt for some of them, as if they were guilty for thus becoming lifeless.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73