"thuswise" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈðʌswʌɪz/ [UK]
Etymology: From thus + -wise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thus|wise}} thus + -wise Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} thuswise (not comparable)
  1. (dated) In this way. Tags: dated, not-comparable Related terms: thiswise
    Sense id: en-thuswise-en-adv-TrTgjZWa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wise

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          "ref": "1916, William Ellery Leonard, transl., On the Nature of Things, New York: E. P. Dutton, translation of De rerum natura by Lucretius, →OCLC, Book 2, line 218–227",
          "text": "The atoms, as their own weight bears them down / Plumb through the void, at scarce determined times, / In scarce determined places, from their course / Decline a little – call it, so to speak, / Mere changed trend. For were it not their wont / Thuswise to swerve, down would they fall, each one, / Like drops of rain, through the unbottomed void; / And then collisions ne'er could be nor blows / Among the primal elements; and thus / Nature would never have created aught.",
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        "(dated) In this way."
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