Qua
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kwɑː/ · Part of speech preposition
Quick meaning: Qua is a preposition meaning The cawing sound of a crow.
Meaning
The cawing sound of a crow.
More Meanings
- (chiefly philosophy) as; in the capacity of; acting as
Example Sentences
It was qua poet that Byron resurrected the exploded and discarded immortal Christian soul by bodying it forth through the notion of soul conceived as poetic imagination.
Qua work of art, the work of art cannot be interpreted; there is nothing to interpret; we can only criticize it according to standards, in comparison to other works of art; […]
Qua... qua... qua... out of the blue I hear the crows cawing with great fanfare as they announce to the world at large that they are here by my side and intend to probe into my being.
Sometimes, though, you pick up a novel and it makes your skin prickle — not necessarily because it’s a great novel qua novel, which you can’t know until the end, but because of the velocity of its microperceptions.
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