insensibly — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In an insensible manner; without feeling or noticing something.

   Examples

   St. Peters ſeldom anſvvers Expectation at firſt entering it, but enlarges it ſelf on all Sides inſenſibly, and mends upon the Eye every Moment.

   More examples (1)

   The investigation of a point of folk-lore […] naturally opens up lines of inquiry which branch out in many directions; and in following them we are insensibly drawn on into wider and wider fields of inquiry, until the point from which we started has almost disappeared into the distance.

Adverb

1. in a numb manner; without feeling

   Synonyms

   numbly

   Examples

   I stared at him numbly