Literary or formal conjunction/adverb used to connect clauses, indicating a natural consequence or continuation. Common in written narratives and formal speech.
かくて、彼の長い旅は終わった。
Thus, his long journey came to an end.
かくて問題は解決した。
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.