Insensibly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a numb manner; without feeling wordnet

Synonyms

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numblyunawares

Example

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"I wish you would use yourself to translate, every day, only three or four lines, from any book, in any language, into the correctest and most elegant English that you can think of; you cannot imagine how it will insensibly form your style, and give you an habitual elegancy: it would not take you up a quarter of an hour in a day."

Etymology

From insensible + -ly.

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