Definitions
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- adverb In a such a manner; so.
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- adverb archaic In
such a way; in such a manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Coming from but the third state to do decide suchwise since Reconstruction, he would be but the fourth African-American senator-elect.
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Reply Obj. 4: Money, property, or fruits simoniacally received, must be restored to the Church that has incurred loss by their transfer, notwithstanding the fact that the prelate or a member of the chapter of that church was at fault, since others ought not to be the losers by his sin: in suchwise, however, that, as far as possible, the guilty parties be not the gainers.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Howbeit in the end, the bishop demeaned himselfe in suchwise, that he had his owne will, and his church doores were opened againe, which had béene stopped vp before with thornes.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus Raphael Holinshed
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The shaming in Hart-hall, if suchwise thy mind were,
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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He made a vivid eastern picture, dressed as he was from head to foot in white, with two pleated side-pieces to the turban, hanging in suchwise as to conceal half the face; and the guide, who had been squatting on the edge of the path, also salaamed, smiling in glee at the mem-sahib's delight.
Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest
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So spake the voice of Gudrun; suchwise she cast the seed
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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Yet heavy and sad were the years, that even in suchwise passed,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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Then the queen entered the palace and sat down on the couch of the circumcision [FN#223] at the upper end of the hall, where-upon Tohfah took the lute and pressing it to her breast, touched its strings suchwise that the wits of all present were bewildered and Shaykh Iblis cried to her, "O my lady Tohfah, I conjure thee, by the life of this noble queen, sing for me and praise thyself, and cross me not."
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Now when the archbishop heard that sentence was in suchwise pronounced against him; "What maner of iudgement (saith he) is this?
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second Raphael Holinshed
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Therefore have I in suchwise written the numbers that they do add up to twenty and three in all the twelve lines of three that are upon the butt. "
The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893
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