This is the 3268th most frequent Swedish word.
således
Thus; therefore.
The word 'således' is used to illustrate a logical conclusion or result arising from the preceding statement.
Hon hade tränat mycket inför tävlingen; således vann hon första pris.
She had trained hard for the competition; thus she won first prize.
Here, 'således' identifies the consequence of a lack of illustrations leading to the difficulty in understanding.
Boken saknade de nödvändiga bilderna, således var texten svår att förstå.
The book lacked the necessary images, thus the text was difficult to understand.
In this sentence, 'således' marks the result or outcome enabled by the mentioned conditions.