in spirit
See also: inspirit
English
Prepositional phrase
- Non-physically; in one's thoughts only.
- I can’t make it to the party, but I’ll be there in spirit.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28:
- For I in spirit saw thee move
Thro’ circles of the bounding sky;
Week after week: the days go by:
Come quick, thou bringest all I love.
- In mood or manner.
- The newer works differ from the older ones in spirit.
Translations
non-physically
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in mood or manner
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