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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(formal) in or into that thing or place
Example:
they can read therein what our plans are
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Domain usage:
formality (compliance with formal rules)
Context examples:
“We can never get that anchor up in this narrow place, once it has left the bottom,” I said.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He was confirmed in this by sight of a ship lying at anchor in the midst of the shining sea.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I only wanted to be here in this spot—I don't know why, for I was afraid of something—I don't know what.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
In this manner had fought forgotten ancestors.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
They are the people who live in this land of the East where the Wicked Witch ruled.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Here they are in this telegram, and the other end of our tangled skein must lie among them.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Have I been twenty years in this man’s house, to be deceived about his voice?
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
There never was such an overturn in this world.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
In this state I was carried back and placed on a bed, hardly conscious of what had happened; my eyes wandered round the room as if to seek something that I had lost.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
But what danger could threaten them here in this strong castle, under the care of famous warriors, with high walls and a broad moat around them?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
