THUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees
   • formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
   Synonym(s)
   • frankincense (what does frankincense mean?)
   • gum olibanum (what does gum olibanum mean?)
   • olibanum (what does olibanum mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) thus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gum (what does gum mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • cense (what does cense mean?)
   • incense (what does incense mean?)
   • thurify (what does thurify mean?)

THUS as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
   Synonym(s)
   • hence (what does hence mean?)
   • thence (what does thence mean?)
   • therefore (what does therefore mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
2. Meaning
   • in the way indicated
   • (`thusly” is a nonstandard variant)
   Synonym(s)
   • so (what does so mean?)
   • thusly (what does thusly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • hold the brush so
   • set up the pieces thus