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Meanings of insubstantially in English

Not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness.

Usage of insubstantially in English
1
They shimmered insubstantially as the reverse time spell took hold of them.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
2
This is more of an insubstantially light but interminably long-blowing breeze.
Reuters
3
Following the white parallelograms the lines of the willows dwindled as insubstantially as trails of vapour.
A Time of Gifts
4
They wavered in the runnels of water, wobbling insubstantially before sinking back down into the visitor's core.
The Naked God
5
Consequently both the qi and blood are at a low ebb, and the yang is insubstantially high.
Don't Cry Tai Lake
6
Through my tears, her face swam insubstantially.
Voices in the dark
7
If the part is as insubstantially written as the one handed to poor McAdams, I'll eat my Superman pyjamas.
The Guardian
8
All the trees and reeds and flag-leaves and the river and the hills on the other bank glimmered insubstantially in the starlight.
A Time of Gifts
9
It must be held, however provisionally and insubstantially, in your hand, and so by reposting it, you claim some kind of possession of it.
The Guardian
Insubstantially through the time