insomuch

Definitions


[ɪnsə(ʊ)ˈmʌtʃ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- to the extent that
(e.g: self is the source of evil insomuch that the purity of the soul increases as it loses selfhood)

- inasmuch as; since


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: originally as in so much, translating French en tant (que) ‘in so much (as)’




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