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English
Etymology
From Middle English insomuche; equivalent to in + so + much.
Pronunciation
Adverb
insomuch (not comparable)
- Because of; since; as a result of.
Insomuch as you have consistently paid the bill on time before, we'll excuse one late payment.
- To the extent that.
1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe , 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), , “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 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.
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