quatenus

preposition

qua·​te·​nus

ˈkwätənəs,

-ˌten-

: in the quality or capacity of : as

Word History

Etymology

Latin, how far, to what extent, from qua where, as, insofar as + tenus as far as, up to; akin to Latin tendere to stretch

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