Meanings
- formalnot comparablerareTo which degree or extent; to whatever extent.
We finally think it appropriate that the Secretary implement regulations, whereinsofar as safety requires, there are certain limits on the size of the motor permitted.
1974, Proposed Wilderness Hearings (Part 2): Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Government Printing Office, Appendix, page 4102 more examples
On the other hand, there is no more unpleasant perversion of faith than of that cocksureness which professes to have nothing to fear, which is perfectly certain that salvation is achieved or whereinsofar we have failed or sinned some wonderful process is going to wipe it all out without any more concern on our part.
1924, William Edwin Orchard, Putting Death In Its Right PlaceEveryone must decide about Him whereinsofar the evidence permits, but to continue demanding proof in the face of conclusive evidence, or to refuse to admit that His credentials substantiate His claims, is to defame Him, and deny His claims to deity.
1978, Harold Fowler, The Gospel of Matthew (Bible Study Textbooks Series), volume 3, page 484
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