insensibly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an insensible manner; without feeling or noticing something.
Example Sentences
- "St. Peters ſeldom anſvvers Expectation at firſt entering it, but enlarges it ſelf on all Sides inſenſibly, and mends upon the Eye every Moment."
- "The investigation of a point of folk-lore […] naturally opens up lines of inquiry which branch out in many directions; and in following them we are insensibly drawn on into wider and wider fields of inquiry, until the point from which we started has almost disappeared into the distance."
Etymology
Etymology tree English insensible Middle English -ly English -ly English insensibly From insensible + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more insensibly (comparative)
most insensibly (superlative)