Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To such a degree; in such wise; so: followed by that, and formerly sometimes by as.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb So; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by
that oras , and formerly sometimes by both. Cf.inasmuch .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Because of;since ; as aresult of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to such an extent or degree; so
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Examples
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Or, is voice supposed to serve a specific story — is it the voice of the world, the tonal/language combination which is very specific to that world of the story and characters therein insomuch as it conveys something about the story itself and it (the voice) wouldn’t fit any other story?
Voice Lessons? 2007
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Or, is voice supposed to serve a specific story — is it the voice of the world, the tonal/language combination which is very specific to that world of the story and characters therein insomuch as it conveys something about the story itself and it (the voice) wouldn’t fit any other story?
April 2007 2007
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It was called _The Field of Cloth of Gold; _ and the courtiers who attended the two sovereigns felt bound to almost rival them in sumptuousness, "insomuch," says the contemporary Martin du
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 1830
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Then they made themselves chiefs, and took away our old laws and gave us new ones, insomuch that the man was the son of his father, and not his mother, as our way had been.
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Her father's pecuniary troubles, and the tone he chose to take with reference to them, also preyed upon her spirits, insomuch that Shelley was obliged at last to intercept his letters.
Biography in the DNB 2010
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And it was my fault insomuch as I knew that was going to happen when I left.
Complete transcript: Paul Kimmage’s interview of Floyd Landis 2011
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The answer to this question is perhaps less academic for me than most, insomuch as my alter ego is a college professor and I teach an introduction to science fiction and fantasy literature class fairly regularly.
MIND MELD: Speculative Fiction Books That Should Be Assigned in School 2009
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In this respect, the images of 1970s terrorists don't represent the 1970s, insomuch as they are mirrors of who we have now become in response to who we, or they, were then.
G. Roger Denson: You Say You Want a Revolution. Well You Know, Art Can Cure You of That G. Roger Denson 2011
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Look at Arizona, a state torn apart with a needless immigration "debate;" needless insomuch as it exists now.
Charles Karel Bouley: Tucson: In the Blame Game, We All Lose Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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Then they made themselves chiefs, and took away our old laws and gave us new ones, insomuch that the man was the son of his father, and not his mother, as our way had been.
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