then-2.html - See: AND THEN SOME, EVERY NOW AND THEN, NOW AND THEN.

then-2.html - {adv.} As an opposite possibility; another thing. * /He may be here tomorrow. Then again, he may not come until next week./ * /I thought you told me about the fire, but then again it could have been Bill./

then-2.html - {adv. phr.} At that very time and place in the past; right then. * /He said he wanted his dime back then and there, so I had to give it to him./ Compare: IN ONE'S TRACKS, ON THE SPOT, HERE AND NOW.

then-2.html - adv.,
adj., & n. --adv.

1 at that time; at the time in question (was then too busy; then comes the trouble; the then existing laws).
2 a next, afterwards; after that (then he told me to come in). b and also (then, there are the children to consider). c after all (it is a problem, but then that is what we are here for).
3 a in that case; therefore; it follows that (then you should have said so). b if what you say is true (but then why did you take it?). c (implying grudging or impatient concession) if you must have it so (all right then, have it your own way). d used parenthetically to resume a narrative etc. (the policeman, then, knocked on the door).

--adj.

that or who was such at the time in question (the then Duke).

--n.

that time (until then).

then and there immediately and on the spot. [OE thanne, thonne, etc., f. Gmc, rel. to THAT, THE]

then-2.html - n.
Anat. the ball of muscle at the base of the thumb. [earlier = palm of the hand: mod.L f. Gk]

then-2.html - adv.
(also from thence) archaic or literary 1 from that place or source.
2 for that reason. [ME thannes, thennes f. thanne, thenne f. OE thanon(e) etc. f. WG]