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insensibly

insensibly adverb: in an insensible manner; without feeling or noticing something.

Adverb

insensibly (comparative more insensibly, superlative most insensibly)

  1. In an insensible manner; without feeling or noticing something.
    • St. Peters ſeldom anſvvers Expectation at firſt entering it, but enlarges it ſelf on all Sides inſenſibly, and mends upon the Eye every Moment.1705, J[oseph] Addison, “From Rome to Naples”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 174
    • The investigation of a point of folk-lore […] naturally opens up lines of inquiry which branch out in many directions; and in following them we are insensibly drawn on into wider and wider fields of inquiry, until the point from which we started has almost disappeared into the distance.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page ix

Forms of insensibly

comparativemore insensibly
superlativemost insensibly

Origin of insensibly

From insensible + -ly.

Questions about insensibly

What does insensibly mean?
Insensibly means in an insensible manner; without feeling or noticing something.
What part of speech is insensibly?
Insensibly is an adverb.

Words near insensibly in the dictionary

  1. insensibilizing
  2. insensible
  3. insensibleness
  4. insensiblist
  5. insensiblists
  6. insensibly
  7. insensing
  8. insensitive
  9. insensitively
  10. insensitiveness
  11. insensitivities

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