What does wherein mean?
Wherein means How, or in what way..
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/wɛˈɹɪn/ · adverb
How, or in what way..
Wherein did I misspeak myself?
Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
Defile not therefoꝛe the lande which yee ſhall inhabite, wherein I dwell: foꝛ I the Lord dwell among the childꝛen of Iſrael.
As she went through the woods where the primroses and the whitethorn were blossoming, the place seemed as the land of Elim, wherein there were twelve wells and threescore and ten palm trees.
[T]here is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt.
In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them […]
Use wherein when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wherein means How, or in what way..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Wherein did I misspeak myself?
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