Read full poem →Alive enough to have strength to die;
And a grin of bitterness swept thereby
Like an ominous bird a-wing…
Dictionary Entry
thereby
Part of SpeechadverbPronunciation/ðɛəˈbaɪ/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.
In a Sentence
“The article includes thereby to support a careful argument.”
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Poetry examples for “thereby”
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