insensibly

Adverb

Meaning

In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

numbly slowly gradually ostensibly passively idly unawares invisibly dully apathetically forgetfully allegedly imperceptibly unnoticeably unconsciously
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Antonyms

practically reasonably angrily rationally realistically sensibly
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Examples

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Arthur Conan Doyle

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly. George Washington

The damps of autumn sink into the leaves and prepare them for the necessity of their fall; and thus insensibly are we, as years close around us, detached from our tenacity of life by the gentle pressure of recorded sorrow. Walter Savage Landor

The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas. Leo Strauss

A man will often believe himself a leader when he is led; while with his mind he endeavours to reach one goal, his heart insensibly drags him toward another. François de La Rochefoucauld

Insensibly somewhere a breach began. Sri Aurobindo

Close letter words and terms

insensible to the past insensibleness insensiblist insensitive insensitive to criticism insensitive to insults