whereby /wɛə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/ adverb3 •By which.Shylock: Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that: You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live. — 1596 •(nonstandard) Where, wherein, in which. •(no longer used) By what, in which direction; how.Whereby goest thou?