All 5 Uses of
thus
in
Things Fall Apart
- The New Yam Festival was thus an occasion for joy throughout Umuofia.
p. 37.4thus = in that way
- His anger thus satisfied, Okonkwo decided to go out hunting.
p. 38.7
- Thus the men of Umuofia pursued their way, armed with sheathed machetes, and Ikemefuna, carrying a pot of palm-wine on his head, walked in their midst.
p. 59.5
- They sat in a half-moon, thus completing a circle with their hosts.
p. 116.9
- But wisdom prevailed in the camp of the faithful and many lives were thus saved.
p. 188.4 *
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.