immateriallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəli/, U.S.

/ˌɪməˈtɪriəli/

Forms:

α. Middle English inmaterialliche, Middle English inmaterially.

β. 1500s immateriallye, 1500s– immaterially.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: im- prefix², materially adv.; immaterial adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < im- prefix² + materially adv., originally after post-classical Latin immaterialiter (9th cent.; 13th cent. in British sources), and partly (in sense 2) < immaterial adj. + -ly suffix².With the α. forms compare in- prefix³.

1. Without matter or physical substance; not by physical means or as a physical entity; incorporeally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adverb]

immateriallya1398

incorporeally1626

indistantly1656

intangibly1678

unextendedly1678

impalpably1796

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. i. xvi. 52 God is inmaterialliche [L. immaterialiter existens] and may nouȝt be biclippid.

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 308 Ymagynynge all onely comprehendith Þe forme of man as inmaterially [L. sine materia].

1557 H. Iden tr. G. B. Gelli Circes x. sig. R.vii^v He getteth these his knoledges, from y^e images y^t are in y^e phantasy, immaterially.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. vii. 119 For the visible species of things strike not our senses immater [i] ally .

1673 E. Howard Miscellanies 13 in Poems & Ess. It [sc. mathematics] does immaterially..express and abstract its operations from things, and yet delivers them no less fully to our conceptions.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. 140 This he tells us is proper to God, that his Essence be immaterially comprehensive of all things, inasmuch as the effects do vertually pre-exist in their Cause.

1789 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Elements Theol. in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. II. 418 If all intellectual forms subsist immaterially, and incorporeally, they are without confusion with respect to each other.

1836 Biblical Repository Oct. 498 Space is mathematically, that is immaterially divided.

1884 G. Allen Strange Stories 333 I seized our new friend's hand with warmth and effusion (though my emotion was somewhat checked by finding it slip through my fingers immaterially).

1946 Jrnl. Relig. 26 52/2 The world exists materially and God immaterially.

2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 148 For Gilbert to say that a body is ensouled is to say that it acts immaterially by a formal presence beyond its corporeal limits.

2. In an unimportant manner or to an insignificant extent; inconsequentially. Also: irrelevantly.

ΚΠ

1645 D. North Forest of Varieties iii. 236 So may his Majesty..take from his Islands of Gernsey and Iersey, in this rare necessary some such modell..as may fit his greater Island, and immaterially differ from our Brother Churches.

a1754 J. Strange Rep. Cases (1755) 2 380 There is no occasion to pray in aid of 1 Jac. 1 c. 21 in this case; though it was not immaterially argued from for the plaintiff.

1782 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 201/2 Sir Samuel concludes his letter with the pleasing assurance that the ships under his command are very immaterially injured.

1840 Edinb. Rev. July 469 This circumstance aids, not immaterially, in diminishing the necessity for supposing the young poet to have produced other works.

1895 Med. Rec. 9 Nov. 657/1 His initial symptoms began a few weeks before those of the case just described, and differed but little and immaterially in their clinical features.

1923 J. G. Robertson Stud. in Genesis of Romantic Theory in 18th Cent. xii. 259 Vetter is obliged to modify, but quite immaterially, his original conclusions.

2008 Outlook Profit 26 Dec. 57 (caption) Monthly index data was used so may differ slightly, but immaterially from daily data.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	immaterially
释义	immateriallyadv. Brit. /ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəli/, U.S. /ˌɪməˈtɪriəli/ Forms: α. Middle English inmaterialliche, Middle English inmaterially. β. 1500s immateriallye, 1500s– immaterially. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: im- prefix², materially adv.; immaterial adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < im- prefix² + materially adv., originally after post-classical Latin immaterialiter (9th cent.; 13th cent. in British sources), and partly (in sense 2) < immaterial adj. + -ly suffix².With the α. forms compare in- prefix³. 1. Without matter or physical substance; not by physical means or as a physical entity; incorporeally. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adverb] immateriallya1398 incorporeally1626 indistantly1656 intangibly1678 unextendedly1678 impalpably1796 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. i. xvi. 52 God is inmaterialliche [L. immaterialiter existens] and may nouȝt be biclippid. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 308 Ymagynynge all onely comprehendith Þe forme of man as inmaterially [L. sine materia]. 1557 H. Iden tr. G. B. Gelli Circes x. sig. R.vii^v He getteth these his knoledges, from y^e images y^t are in y^e phantasy, immaterially. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. vii. 119 For the visible species of things strike not our senses immater [i] ally . View more context for this quotation 1673 E. Howard Miscellanies 13 in Poems & Ess. It [sc. mathematics] does immaterially..express and abstract its operations from things, and yet delivers them no less fully to our conceptions. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. 140 This he tells us is proper to God, that his Essence be immaterially comprehensive of all things, inasmuch as the effects do vertually pre-exist in their Cause. 1789 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Elements Theol. in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. II. 418 If all intellectual forms subsist immaterially, and incorporeally, they are without confusion with respect to each other. 1836 Biblical Repository Oct. 498 Space is mathematically, that is immaterially divided. 1884 G. Allen Strange Stories 333 I seized our new friend's hand with warmth and effusion (though my emotion was somewhat checked by finding it slip through my fingers immaterially). 1946 Jrnl. Relig. 26 52/2 The world exists materially and God immaterially. 2003 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 36 148 For Gilbert to say that a body is ensouled is to say that it acts immaterially by a formal presence beyond its corporeal limits. 2. In an unimportant manner or to an insignificant extent; inconsequentially. Also: irrelevantly. ΚΠ 1645 D. North Forest of Varieties iii. 236 So may his Majesty..take from his Islands of Gernsey and Iersey, in this rare necessary some such modell..as may fit his greater Island, and immaterially differ from our Brother Churches. a1754 J. Strange Rep. Cases (1755) 2 380 There is no occasion to pray in aid of 1 Jac. 1 c. 21 in this case; though it was not immaterially argued from for the plaintiff. 1782 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 201/2 Sir Samuel concludes his letter with the pleasing assurance that the ships under his command are very immaterially injured. 1840 Edinb. Rev. July 469 This circumstance aids, not immaterially, in diminishing the necessity for supposing the young poet to have produced other works. 1895 Med. Rec. 9 Nov. 657/1 His initial symptoms began a few weeks before those of the case just described, and differed but little and immaterially in their clinical features. 1923 J. G. Robertson Stud. in Genesis of Romantic Theory in 18th Cent. xii. 259 Vetter is obliged to modify, but quite immaterially, his original conclusions. 2008 Outlook Profit 26 Dec. 57 (caption) Monthly index data was used so may differ slightly, but immaterially from daily data. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1398
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