thus

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

THUS, adverb In this or that manner; on this wise; as, thus saith the Lord; the Pharisee prayed thus THUS did Noah, according to all that God commanded him. Genesis 6:22. 1. To this degree or extent; as thus wise; thus peaceable. THUS far extend, thus far thy bounds-- 2. In the phrase, thus much, it seems to be an adjective, equivalent to this much.
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