Meaning of in a sense | Babel Free

Definitions

In one sense or interpretation, but not in all ways.

Examples

“A large part of duty-doing is drudgery. There is drudgery in every department of life's workdrudgery that is indispensable to success in that work⟳. […] But there is such a thing as ennobling drudgery, as making and counting it an essential part of that which is noble and–in a sense⟳–divine.”

“In a sense⟳, the editorial cartoons were correct⟳ when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly⟳ under the influence⟳ into an aspect of vulturous behavior.”

“In a sense⟳, Superman's romance with Lois Lane was a subplot and [...]”

“This is not a historical novel yet it is in a sense⟳ historical and contained within this book is a true story of how America was financed.”

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