Definition of Insubstantially

1. Adverb. Not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness.

Exact synonyms: Impalpably

Definition of Insubstantially

1. Adverb. In an insubstantial manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insubstantially

instyles
instyling
insuavity
insubjection
insubmergible
insubmission
insubmissive
insubordinate
insubordinately
insubordinates
insubordination
insubordinations
insubstantial
insubstantialities
insubstantiality
insubstantially
insubstantive
insuccation
insuccations
insuccess
insuck
insucken
insucking
insudate
insuetude
insufferable
insufferableness
insufferably
insufficience
insufficiencies

Literary usage of Insubstantially

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1905)
"In spite of his immanence in his work, he seems every now and then to dissolve insubstantially away into his writing, as though he himself were only another ..."

2. Central Europe by Friedrich Naumann (1917)
"These unions will, like all new unions, seem at first to be founded somewhat insubstantially and artificially, but from year to year their inner life and ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1897)
"The other three appellants each made a deposit, and each received from the treasurer a certificate of deposit insubstantially the same form, ..."

4. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"Thus then did $nothing serve, however insubstantially, to anchor $root in its rightful place atop the MOO's chain of being. Thus too, though, was it a kind ..."

5. The Midland by Frank Luther Mott, John Towner Frederick (1919)
"... an episode which for the space of a few years was only a mystery insubstantially woven of detached words, silences, and apprehensive feelings. ..."

6. The American Ten Years' War, 1855-1865 by Denton Jaques Snider (1906)
"... and acting-Governors, no less than six in three years, rising and vanishing so rapidly and so insubstantially before our eyes. What can be the matter? ..."

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