† unsensiblyadv.
Obsolete.
1.
a. = insensibly adv. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adverb] > without attracting notice
insensibly1584
unsensibly1627
1627 Abp. G. Abbot in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 444 So being unsensibly hatched, it came flying into the World.
1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 213 It stole into the world..un~sensibly, and at unawares.
b. Unknowingly, unconsciously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [adverb]
unweetinglya1400
unfeltly1606
unsensibly1658
insciously1675
unconsciously1709
imperceptively1861
inconsciently1913
unconsciently1929
1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 127 Though unsensibly she shed bitter tears for her transgression.
2. = insensibly adv. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adverb]
unsensibly1565
insensiblya1603
brainlessly1610
heartlessly1611
unmeaningly1789
vacantly1839
mindlessly1857
uncomprehendingly1858
vacuously1860
insensately1863
incomprehendingly1885
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iii. 217 That after so many woordes..ye shoulde be founde so nakedly, and so vnsensibly to deceiue the people.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 23 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The later [statute]..is so unsensibly contryved, that it scarce carryeth any reason in it.
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