unsubstantiallyadv.
/ˌʌnsəbˈstanʃl̩i/, /ˌʌnsəbˈstanʃəli/, U.S. /ˌənsəbˈstæn(t)ʃəli/ (un- prefix1 5.)
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adverb]
unsubstantially1529
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adverb] > weakly, unsteadily
tealtea1023
weakly1517
unsubstantially1529
tickly1530
tickle1606
infirmly1615
precariously1658
1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 16 §1 Wares whiche they untruely, subtely, unsubstauncially, and dysceytfully have made.
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ]
1890 W. H. Dawson Unearned Increment vii. 84 It matters not to the speculator how unsubstantially his houses are built.
1972 P. D. James Unsuitable Job iii. 96 The sitting-room was elegantly but unsubstantially furnished.
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adv.1529- sugar industry
- sugar juice
- sugar kettle
- sugar knife
- sugar land
- sugar limestone
- sugar lump
- sugar maple
- sugar mill
- sugar mouse
- sugar mule
- sugar nippers
- sugar of acorns
- sugar of alisaunder
- sugar of babylon
- sugar of barbary
- sugar of candy
- sugar of cipre
- sugar of flesh
- sugar of iron, steel
- sugar of lead or saturn
- sugar of marrokes
- sugar of milk
- sugar of muscle
- sugar of roche