"thus and so" meaning in English

See thus and so in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-thus and so.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} thus and so (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) in such a way; in some manner (generic). Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: thus-and-so Translations (in such a way): così e così (Italian), in questo modo (Italian), in quel modo (Italian), in questa maniera (Italian), in quella maniera (Italian), так-то и так-то (tak-to i tak-to) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-thus_and_so-en-adj-IAcVAEkH

Noun

Audio: En-au-thus and so.ogg [Australia] Forms: thus and sos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} thus and so (plural thus and sos)
  1. (idiomatic) A generic thing; a placeholder name. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (generic thing, placeholder name): so-and-so, such-and-such, thus and such Translations (generic thing): tal dei tali [masculine] (Italian), имярек (imjarek) (Russian), тако́й-то (takój-to) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-thus_and_so-en-noun-NM7y~Leg Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 93

Inflected forms

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