Knowing very well that his wife wanted to go to a movie, the husband, who was a dog in the manger, cooked up a scheme whereby they had to stay at home waiting for a certain visitor who was not expected to come.
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Whereby
//wɛə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ//
Synonyms for "whereby" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
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1 entriesRelated terms
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derived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- الذي به adv (by which)
- بذلك adv (by which)
Bulgarian
1 entries- по какъв начин adv (by which)
Catalan
2 entries- pel qual adv (by which)
- per la qual adv (by which)
Czech
3 entries- jímž adv (by which)
- čím adv (by which)
- čímž adv (by which)
Danish
1 entries- hvorved adv (by which)
Dutch
1 entries- waarbij adv (by which)
Finnish
2 entries- jolla adv (by which)
- millä adv (by which)
French
2 entries- par lequel adv (by which)
- par quoi adv (by which)
German
1 entries- wodurch adv (by which)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴 adv (by which)
Hungarian
4 entries- amelyből adv (by which)
- amiből adv (by which)
- mi/ami által/révén/útján adv (by which)
- miből adv (by which)
Italian
1 entries- per cui adv (by which)
Norwegian
1 entries- hvorved adv (by which)
Portuguese
1 entries- pelo qual adv (by which)
Russian
1 entries- при помощи adv (by which)
Spanish
4 entries- con los cuales adv (by which)
- mediante el cual adv (by which)
- por la cual adv (by which)
- por medio de las cuales adv (by which)
Swedish
1 entries- varmed adv (by which)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
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A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.
Source: tatoeba (3149848)
Russia guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine, and her borders, following the treaty of nineteen ninety-four, whereby Ukraine, in exchange, renounced her nuclear arsenal.
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