Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • At or by reason of this.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb At, or by reason of, this.

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Examples

  • And for you neigh-sayers, I just finished a class in law, and remember these 20 suits are being brought by lawyers and there is a legitimate question of law here-at least in the technicalities

    A Real Scandal | RedState 2010

  • I'm afraid we're snowed in up here-at the moment, anyway.

    Predator Cornwell, Patricia 2005

  • It was books they had come to find, but there were no books here-at least, none that he could see.

    Antrax Brooks, Terry 2001

  • But being here-at this hour-was a necessity if he was to keep the Blue happy and cooperative.

    The Day of the Tempest Rabe, Jean 1997

  • The idea of a dwarf being here-at his home-irritated him as much as it startled him.

    The Covenant of the Forge Parkinson, Dan 1993

  • The idea of a dwarf being here-at his home-irritated him as much as it startled him.

    The Covenant of the Forge Parkinson, Dan 1993

  • I do not know anyone here-at least, I am not aware if someone suggested something to someone else because among 1,800 people, anyone can suggest anything to anyone-who has been persuaded not to broach a subject because it is too delicate or complicated, or whatever.

    Proceedings of Fourth PCC Congress Reported 1991

  • The trail continued on the other side of the stream, which was at its narrowest point here-at least so far as Ali could see.

    Greenmantle De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1985

  • Broadway hoi polloi at the behest of Sir Elton John and his "husband," David Furnish, had gathered here-at what historians consider the very first boutique hotel ever created-to celebrate the opening night of Next Fall, the compelling new play by

    the latest from teenvogue.com 2010

  • From the air the forest looked like the commercial crop that it was … But still there was a wilderness here-at least in the speed with which the forest healed its scars.

    PopMatters Catherine Ramsdell 2010

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