EGAVE

whereby

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 6.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb By what, in which direction; how.
    Whereby goest thou?
  2. adverb By which.
  3. adverb Where, wherein, in which.

Similar words

where when why who wherein wherethrough however wherewithal whatever whichaway

Often followed by

the a he they it we to one an all

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