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THUS FAR
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
Example:
the sun isn't up yet
Synonyms:
as yet; heretofore; hitherto; so far; thus far; til now; until now; up to now; yet
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Context examples:
The trial provides the most reliable and generalizable evidence thus far on omega-3 supplementation for dry eye disease, said Maryann Redford, D.D.S., M.P.H., program officer for clinical research at NEI.
(Omega-3s from fish oil supplements no better than placebo for dry eye, National Institutes of Health)
Urged thus far, I had no choice but to adapt my nature to an element which I had willingly chosen.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I was not happy; but, thus far, I had faithfully set the seal upon the Past, and, thinking of her, pointing upward, thought of her as pointing to that sky above me, where, in the mystery to come, I might yet love her with a love unknown on earth, and tell her what the strife had been within me when I loved her here.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Thus far I have gone, tracing a secure way over the pathless seas, the very stars themselves being witnesses and testimonies of my triumph.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
If your more important avocations should admit of your ever tracing these imperfect characters thus far—which may be, or may not be, as circumstances arise—you will naturally inquire by what object am I influenced, then, in inditing the present missive?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mr. Micawber, whose impetuosity I had restrained thus far with the greatest difficulty, and who had repeatedly interposed with the first syllable of SCOUN-drel! without getting to the second, now burst forward, drew the ruler from his breast (apparently as a defensive weapon), and produced from his pocket a foolscap document, folded in the form of a large letter.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Thus far there was no difficulty in accounting for his time—there were boys who had seen a man "acting sort of crazy" and motorists at whom he stared oddly from the side of the road.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
