The silence and the calm
Of mute, insensate things. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. --Buckle. -- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
insensately — insensate ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking physical sensation. 2) lacking sympathy; unfeeling. 3) completely lacking sense or reason. DERIVATIVES insensately adverb … English terms dictionary
insensately — adverb see insensate … New Collegiate Dictionary
insensately — See insensate. * * * … Universalium
insensately — adv. inanimately; without feeling, coldly; foolishly … English contemporary dictionary
insensately — in·sen·sate·ly … English syllables
insensately — adverb in an insensate manner • Derived from adjective: ↑insensate … Useful english dictionary
insensate — insensately, adv. insensateness, n. /in sen sayt, sit/, adj. 1. not endowed with sensation; inanimate: insensate stone. 2. without human feeling or sensitivity; cold; cruel; brutal. 3. without sense, understanding, or judgment; foolish. [1510 20; … Universalium
insensate — adjective Etymology: Late Latin insensatus, from Latin in + Late Latin sensatus having sense, from Latin sensus sense Date: 15th century 1. lacking sense or understanding; also foolish 2. lacking animate awareness or sensation 3. lacking humane… … New Collegiate Dictionary
European miracle — The term European miracle was coined by Eric Jones in his 1981 The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia to refer to the sudden rise of Europe from comparatively backward origins during the… … Wikipedia
insensateness — See insensately. * * * … Universalium
