What does whereby mean?
Whereby means (interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how..
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/wɛə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/ · adverb
(interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how..
Whereby goest thou?
Shylock: Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that: You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live.
M. Sawrey […] devised a mechanical method whereby theatrical scenes could be changed in a simple way.
Other heads saw devolution as a whole new way of life and adopted an approach whereby the power of devolution was used to enable the school to drive the curriculum.
Because COBOL does not have a date type, some implementations rely instead on a system whereby all dates are coded to a reference point. The most commonly used is May 20, 1875, as this was the date of an international standards-setting conference held in Paris, known as the Convention du Mètre.
Use whereby when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whereby means (interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Whereby goest thou?
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