All 3 Uses of
immaterial
in
Lord Jim
- The mist of his feelings shifted between us, as if disturbed by his struggles, and in the rifts of the immaterial veil he would appear to my staring eyes distinct of form and pregnant with vague appeal like a symbolic figure in a picture.†
Chpt 12
- His tall form, as though robbed of its substance, hovered noiselessly over invisible things with stooping and indefinite movements; his voice, heard in that remoteness where he could be glimpsed mysteriously busy with immaterial cares, was no longer incisive, seemed to roll voluminous and grave—mellowed by distance.†
Chpt 20
- Voices also ascended, wonderful in their distinct and immaterial clearness.†
Chpt 26 *
Definition:
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(immaterial as in: immaterial to the problem at hand) not important, or not relevanteditor's notes: "Immaterial" is a commonly heard objection to introducing evidence or an argument in court.