insomuch

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• Critical thinking in music, therefore, requires courage insomuch as one must be capable of taking risks, thinking for oneself, and choosing one's own musical course of action.

  Academic text (1996)

• Insomuch as the novel privileges interrupted interpretation, the most successful failure to settle on a meaning comes from Isabella back at Pointz Hall following the pageant.

  Academic text (2017)

• Only insomuch as it matters to you.

  The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

• But only insomuch as people understand what this means, how it relates to the situation at hand, and what history has to teach us.

  Blog text (17)

• This is new to hip-hop insomuch as the genre is young, as are the artists.

  Academic text (2013)

• You've changed your mind, it seems, on coffee, insomuch as you now advocate for it, or at least support the idea of a cup of coffee in the morning.

• Anyway, I can't say I've noticed a change in tone insomuch as I've noticed a big difference in the quantity of posts.

  Blog text (29)

• The three Bethesda Naval Hospital doctors picked by the military left something to be desired insomuch as none of them had any experience with combat gunfire wounds.

  JFK (1991)

• And the concept is rigid only insomuch as the drawing starts with five drummers, but after the bands are all selected, any member can play any musical role they wish, as evidenced by previous lotteries where one drummer opted to play the harmonica, and another band featured two drummers.

  Blog text (6)

• The project was successful insomuch as it achieved all its goals within the budget.

Synonyms

I

insofar

vsinsomuch

• Formal

35 6.7

To the extent that something is true or happens

is not limited to a single respect

I

in so far

vsinsomuch

2 6.0

Only to the degree that something is true

is broader, expressing degree without that specific limitation

How Much

so

∞ 1.0

insomuch

• Archaic

1 9.2

somewhat

816 2.0

slightly

885 1.0

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