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whereinsofar

whereinsofar adverb: to which degree or extent; to whatever extent.

Adverb

whereinsofar (not comparable)

  1. (formal, rare) To which degree or extent; to whatever extent.
    • On the other hand, there is no more unpleasant perversion of faith than of that cocksureness which professes to have nothing to fear, which is perfectly certain that salvation is achieved or whereinsofar we have failed or sinned some wonderful process is going to wipe it all out without any more...1924, William Edwin Orchard, Putting Death In Its Right Place
    • We finally think it appropriate that the Secretary implement regulations, whereinsofar as safety requires, there are certain limits on the size of the motor permitted.1974, Proposed Wilderness Hearings (Part 2): Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Government Printing Office, Appendix, page...

Origin of whereinsofar

where + insofar.

Questions about whereinsofar

What does whereinsofar mean?
Whereinsofar means to which degree or extent; to whatever extent.
What part of speech is whereinsofar?
Whereinsofar is an adverb.

Words near whereinsofar in the dictionary

  1. wherefrom
  2. wherein
  3. whereinafter
  4. whereinbefore
  5. whereinsoever
  6. whereinsofar
  7. whereinto
  8. whereinwhich
  9. whereness
  10. wherenesses
  11. wherenot

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