Literary or formal conjunction/adverb used to connect clauses, indicating a natural consequence or continuation. Common in written narratives and formal speech.
Thus, his long journey came to an end.
And so the problem was resolved.
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 斯くて is rare and literary.
Rare kanji spelling; mainly found in older or formal writing.
Derived from the classical Japanese adverb かく (thus) + particle て, forming a conjunction meaning 'and in this way'. The kanji 斯 is an ateji for かく.