therebyadverb
uk/ˌðeəˈbaɪ/us/ˌðerˈbaɪ/formal or old-fashionedC1 as a result of this action:
Diets that are high in saturated fat clog up our arteries, thereby reducing the blood flow to our hearts and brains.
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- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- connective
- consequently
- hence
- hereby
- mean
- moreover
- never
- now
- OK
- so
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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Idiom(s)
thereby hangs a tale