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insubstantially

Definitions

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  • adverb In an insubstantial manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness

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Examples

  • Really thinking back on the matter now - my not-insubstantially emotional response to such aided, partly, by a few rum and Cokes - the original Gumby series or rather, as I've just learned, the slightly re-vamped 1988 series I saw--hey, the new theme song was better, anyway was among the first, key experiences I had with the motion picture form.

    R.I.P. Art Clokey 2010

  • Beyond the cavorting surface, images of planetscapes and strange galaxies writhed insubstantially.

    The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

  • Heads talking insubstantially about insubstantial topics.

    Wholphin, Eggers and Why I Can’t Believe : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2006

  • The mosquito plague was behind him now, kept away by a steady breeze sweeping down off the flanks of the Great Kells, which like transparent slices of melon were beginning to hover insubstantially to his left.

    Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005

  • The sunbeams also made the dome seem to float above the rest of the temple, as if it were a true piece of the heavens insubstantially tethered to earth.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • The castle ghosts were there too, barely visible in the bright sunlight, discernible only when they moved, shimmering insubstantially in the gleaming air.

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rowling, J. K. 2005

  • I am sincerely complimented that you read my diary and hope through me you can see the lives of gay men are really insubstantially different from straights.

    badger Diary Entry badger 2003

  • Not wanting to linger for fear of being discovered, she turned her spirit and swept into the grove, passing insubstantially among the trees.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • Not wanting to linger for fear of being discovered, she turned her spirit and swept into the grove, passing insubstantially among the trees.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • His senses felt correspondingly unfocused, so that T'Kreng's platinum-robed figure shimmered insubstantially at its edges and the banks of machinery behind her looked more like sketches of themselves than actual equipment.

    Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996

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