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in spirit en · ADP

Meanings

1. Non-physically; in one's thoughts only.
   • For I in spirit saw thee move ⁠Thro’ circles of the bounding sky; ⁠Week after week: the days go by: Come quick, thou bringest all I love. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28:
   • I can’t make it to the party, but I’ll be there in spirit.
2. In mood or manner.
   • Her writing has undergone a transformation; her newer works differ from the older ones in spirit.

Relateds

spirit of the law

Translations (2)

sv i anden (non-physically) · mi ā-wairua (non-physically)