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Thereby

//ðɛɹˈbaɪ// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that. formal, not-comparable

    "I enrolled in Old English classes and thereby learned much about Germanic languages."

Adverb
  1. 1
    by that means or because of that wordnet

Etymology

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

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