whereby
by what or by which; under the terms of which.
Obsolete. by what? how?
Origin of whereby
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How to use whereby in a sentence
He also elected not to take advantage of a recent tax amnesty whereby he could have paid back just 10 percent of what he owed.
In what kind of society do we live, whereby these weapons are needed to defend and protect?
With If This Then That, you can make a “recipe” whereby a certain trigger results in a different action.
Snowden has also disclosed programs whereby the NSA worked closely with other Internet companies to search their records.
Michael Hayden, Ex-NSA Director, Says Clemency for Edward Snowden Is ‘Outrageous’ Idea | Eli Lake | January 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe hoped the Americans could broker a deal with the British whereby Iran would get at least a reasonable share of its own wealth.
The Little Girl Who Welcomed Mossadegh to New York | Michael Daly | September 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The deposed ruler plotted and planned all kinds of schemes whereby he might be restored to his old position of authority.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeThis was no longer a plan whereby all might be poor together, but a proposal that all should be rich together.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockMore recently general statutes have been enacted whereby individuals may form such corporations without the aid of a legislature.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesOr, better still, was his uncle's death to be the means whereby he could climb to greatness and renown?
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingThen Dick Moy showed him a plan whereby he caught half a dozen birds in as many minutes.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for whereby
/ (wɛəˈbaɪ) /
by or because of which: the means whereby he took his life
archaic how? by what means?: whereby does he recognize me?
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