thus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
    frankincense; gum olibanum; olibanum.
  2. adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
    hence; so; therefore; thence.
    • therefore X must be true
    • the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
    • we were young and thence optimistic
    • it is late and thus we must go
    • the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
  3. adverb in the way indicated; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
    so; thusly.
    • hold the brush so
    • set up the pieces thus

WordNet


Thus noun
Etymology
L. thus, better tus, frankincense. See Thurible.
Definitions
  1. The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
Thus adverb
Etymology
OE. thus, AS. us; akin to OFries. & OS. thus, D. dus, and E. that; cf. OHG. sus. See That.
Definitions
  1. In this or that manner; on this wise.
    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Gen. vi. 22.
    Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth. Milton.
  2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold. Shak.
    Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. Milton.

Webster 1913