Insensibly
adverb
Without knowing or feeling.
She fell insensibly into a deep sleep.
Often appears as...
- fall insensibly
- grow insensibly
adverb
In a way that is slight, gradual, or subtle.
The landscape was changing insensibly.
Often appears as...
- change insensibly
- evolve insensibly
adverb
Without knowing or feeling.
She fell insensibly into a deep sleep.
Often appears as...
- fall insensibly
- grow insensibly
adverb
In a way that is slight, gradual, or subtle.
The landscape was changing insensibly.
Often appears as...
- change insensibly
- evolve insensibly
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Subconscious Change
Indicates a change or process happening without active awareness or intention.
His accent shifted insensibly after years abroad.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionless Action
Describes an action done without emotional engagement or conscious feeling.
He nodded insensibly, deep in thought.
Pro Tip 3/3Quiet Entry
Used to convey entering states like sleep or hypnosis without noticing the transition.
She drifted insensibly into a hypnotic trance.
Pro Tip 1/3Subconscious Change
Indicates a change or process happening without active awareness or intention.
His accent shifted insensibly after years abroad.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionless Action
Describes an action done without emotional engagement or conscious feeling.
He nodded insensibly, deep in thought.
Pro Tip 3/3Quiet Entry
Used to convey entering states like sleep or hypnosis without noticing the transition.
She drifted insensibly into a hypnotic trance.
Pro Tip 1/3Subconscious Change
Indicates a change or process happening without active awareness or intention.
His accent shifted insensibly after years abroad.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionless Action
Describes an action done without emotional engagement or conscious feeling.
He nodded insensibly, deep in thought.
Pro Tip 3/3Quiet Entry
Used to convey entering states like sleep or hypnosis without noticing the transition.
She drifted insensibly into a hypnotic trance.
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Jonathan Haidt:...
Here's a key passage where he basically describes the staircase. Glenn Many veterans will admit that the experience of communal effort in battle has been the high point of their lives. "I" passes insensibly into a "we,"
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt:...
Here's a key passage where he basically describes the staircase. Glenn Many veterans will admit that the experience of communal effort in battle has been the high point of their lives. "I" passes insensibly into a "we,"
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