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Word entry · 7 letters

thereby

Best crossword clue

"By that means"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ðɛɹˈbaɪ/Part of speech adverbSorted beehrtyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. by that means or because of that

Word origin

From Middle English therby, from Old English ðǣrbig, equivalent to there + by. Compare the parallel formation of German dabei.

Used in a sentence

  • I enrolled in Old English classes and thereby learned much about Germanic languages.
  • Smoking is a form of self-inflicted injury and is thereby prohibited by Jewish law.
  • For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front.

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