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Meanings of insensibly in английском

In a numb manner; without feeling.

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Examples for "numbly"
Examples for "numbly"
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He struggled numbly with thoughts that would not be words or pictures.
More Than Human
2
Craig looked at her numbly, but understood instantly what she was asking.
Darkness
3
Langstrom nodded numbly, as Peach reached up and adjusted her combat recorder.
The Departure
4
And they were going up the Nile Friday morning, Arlee remembered numbly.
The Palace of Darkened Windows
5
He waited numbly, expecting the jaws to close, the mauling to begin.
The Reality Dysfunction
Usage of insensibly in английском
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There was much in Brandon that wound itself insensibly around the heart.
Paul Clifford — Volume 05
2
Never mind if it is trash now; their tastes will insensibly alter.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
3
Out of darkness it came insensibly into the marvellous light of to-day.
Essays — First Series
4
Presently they went into the orchard, and insensibly the subject was renewed.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax
5
Virginia had insensibly, as it were, become the principal theater of war.
Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 / Revised, Enlarged, and ...
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The holiday instituted in honor of Jack was insensibly prolonged into weeks.
Jack / 1877
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But there was the story, growing insensibly out of the range work.
The Phantom Herd
8
When he strikes the stunning blow, they drop insensibly to the earth.
Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation
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Barbier's talk had insensibly determined all his ideas of the imperial regime.
The History of David Grieve
10
See how our government has insensibly drifted towards a strong central power.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
11
That impressed itself insensibly upon us as worthy of the highest respect.
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman
12
His Catholic principles insensibly vanish, and the standards of paganism replace them.
The Young Priest's Keepsake
13
Perhaps, with the shot, the outlaw insensibly somewhat relaxed that choking arm.
Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
14
Though I lived with the strictest economy, my purse insensibly grew lighter.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 02
15
The troubled, stormy thoughts of his distraught mind merged insensibly into prayers.
The Puritans
16
By continuing to teach music, I insensibly gained some knowledge of it.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 04
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