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Insensibly

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in·sen·si·ble  (n-sns-bl)
adj.
1.
a. Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.
b. Very small or gradual: insensible movement.
2.
a. Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.
b. Not invested with sensation; inanimate: insensible clay.
c. Devoid of physical sensation or the power to react, as to pain or cold; numb.
3.
a. Unaware; unmindful: I am not insensible of your concern.
b. Not emotionally responsive; indifferent: insensible to criticism.
4. Lacking meaning; unintelligible.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nsnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-1 + snsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.]
in·sensi·bili·ty, in·sensi·ble·ness n.
in·sensi·bly adv.
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Adv.1.insensibly - in a numb manner; without feeling; "I stared at him numbly"
numbly
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