insubstantially

Really thinking back on the matter now - my not-insubstantially emotional response to such aided, partly, by a few rum and Cokes - the original Gumby series or rather, as I've just learned, the slightly re-vamped 1988 series I saw--hey, the new theme song was better, anyway was among the first, key experiences I had with the motion picture form.

R.I.P. Art Clokey 2010

Beyond the cavorting surface, images of planetscapes and strange galaxies writhed insubstantially.

The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

Heads talking insubstantially about insubstantial topics.

Wholphin, Eggers and Why I Can’t Believe : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2006

The mosquito plague was behind him now, kept away by a steady breeze sweeping down off the flanks of the Great Kells, which like transparent slices of melon were beginning to hover insubstantially to his left.

Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005

The sunbeams also made the dome seem to float above the rest of the temple, as if it were a true piece of the heavens insubstantially tethered to earth.

Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

The castle ghosts were there too, barely visible in the bright sunlight, discernible only when they moved, shimmering insubstantially in the gleaming air.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rowling, J. K. 2005

I am sincerely complimented that you read my diary and hope through me you can see the lives of gay men are really insubstantially different from straights.

badger Diary Entry badger 2003

Not wanting to linger for fear of being discovered, she turned her spirit and swept into the grove, passing insubstantially among the trees.

Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

Not wanting to linger for fear of being discovered, she turned her spirit and swept into the grove, passing insubstantially among the trees.

Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

His senses felt correspondingly unfocused, so that T'Kreng's platinum-robed figure shimmered insubstantially at its edges and the banks of machinery behind her looked more like sketches of themselves than actual equipment.

Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996