All 5 Uses of
thus
in
The Call of the Wild
- Though his dignity was sorely hurt by thus being made a draught animal, he was too wise to rebel.
p. 29.9thus = in that way
- Thus, as token of what a puppet thing life is, the ancient song surged through him and he came into his own again; and he came because men had found a yellow metal in the North, and because Manuel was a gardener's helper whose wages did not lap over the needs of his wife and divers small copies of himself.
p. 43.7
- The rope thus tightening on him in the sweep of the current, he was jerked under the surface, and under the surface he remained till his body struck against the bank and he was hauled out.
p. 139.1
- It might be, lying thus, that he hoped to surprise this call he could not understand.
p. 159.3
- But when he was thus separated from his fellows, two or three of the younger bulls would charge back upon Buck and enable the wounded bull to rejoin the herd.
p. 169.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(thus as in: Thus it was necessary.) therefore (for that reason; or what follows is so because of what was just said)
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(2)
(thus as in: betrayed her thus) in the way mentioned or shown
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The expression, thus far means so far or up until now.