insofar

adv
/ɪn.səʊˈfɑː(ɹ)/UK/ɪn.soʊˈfɑɹ/CA/ɪn.səʉˈfaː(ɹ)/

Etymology

By surface analysis, in + so + far.

Definitions

  1. To such a degree or extent.

    • The plan was successful, insofar as it saved money.
    • the fugitive-slave act did not affect a foreign country which Virginia claimed to be and that she must reckon it one of the infelicities of her position that in so far at least she was taken at her word
  2. Insofar as.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for insofar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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