thus

Adverb

• in the way indicated; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
  • hold the brush so
    
  • set up the pieces thus
    

• (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
  • 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
    

Noun

• an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  thusly , so , therefore , hence , thence , frankincense , olibanum , gum olibanum