noun
1. an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees
formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
Synonym: frankincenseolibanumgum olibanum
adv
1. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
e.g. therefore X must be true
the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
we were young and thence optimistic
it is late and thus we must go
the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
Synonym: thereforehencethenceso
2. in the way indicated
(`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
e.g. hold the brush so
set up the pieces thus
Synonym: thuslyso