All 10 Uses of
soluble
in
War and Peace
- The satisfaction of one's needs—good food, cleanliness, and freedom—now that he was deprived of all this, seemed to Pierre to constitute perfect happiness; and the choice of occupation, that is, of his way of life—now that that was so restricted—seemed to him such an easy matter that he forgot that a superfluity of the comforts of life destroys all joy in satisfying one's needs, while great freedom in the choice of occupation—such freedom as his wealth, his education, and his social position had given him in his own life—is just what makes the choice of occupation insolubly difficult and destroys the desire and possibility of having an occupation.†
Chpt 13 *insolubly = in a manner that cannot be dissolvedstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in insolubly means not and reverses the meaning of solubly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- And Bilibin unwrinkled his temple, feeling that the dilemma was insoluble.†
Chpt 2insoluble = not capable of being dissolvedstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in insoluble means not and reverses the meaning of soluble. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- It was too dreadful to be under the burden of these insoluble problems, so he abandoned himself to any distraction in order to forget them.†
Chpt 8
- In the morning, on an empty stomach, all the old questions appeared as insoluble and terrible as ever, and Pierre hastily picked up a book, and if anyone came to see him he was glad.†
Chpt 8
- She was tormented by the insoluble question whether she loved Anatole or Prince Andrew.†
Chpt 8
- This problem seemed to the ancients insoluble.†
Chpt 11
- A modern branch of mathematics having achieved the art of dealing with the infinitely small can now yield solutions in other more complex problems of motion which used to appear insoluble.†
Chpt 11
- Yet one need only discard the study of the reports and general plans and consider the movement of those hundreds of thousands of men who took a direct part in the events, and all the questions that seemed insoluble easily and simply receive an immediate and certain solution.†
Chpt 14
- The diplomatists think that their disagreements are the cause of this fresh pressure of natural forces; they anticipate war between their sovereigns; the position seems to them insoluble.†
Chpt 15
- And so for history, the insoluble mystery presented by the incompatibility of free will and inevitability does not exist as it does for theology, ethics, and philosophy.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(soluble as in: a soluble substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent -- typically water
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Soluble can also mean that something can be solved such as a puzzle or problem.