insomuch

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English insomuche; equivalent to in +‎ so +‎ much.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪnsəʊˈmʌt͡ʃ/

Adverb

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insomuch (not comparable)

  1. Because of; since; as a result of.
    Insomuch as you have consistently paid the bill on time before, we'll excuse one late payment.
  2. To the extent that.
    • 1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe [] [1], London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 32; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints, 1972:
      In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes []
    • 1712 September 1 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, August 21, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 463; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, [], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
      These weights did not exert their natural gravity [] insomuch that I could not guess which was light or heavy whilst I held them in my hand.
      The spelling has been modernized.

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