Part 5929

<h1>Instrumentality</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`stru*men*tal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Instrumentalities</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>instrumentality</b> of faith in justification. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense in a new <b>instrumentality</b>. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Instrumentally</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`stru*men"tal*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<blockquote>They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become <b>instrumentally</b> so. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>With instruments of music; <as>as, a song <ex>instrumentally</ex> accompanied</as>.</def>

<i>Mason.</i>

<h1>Instrumentalness</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`stru*men"tal*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Instrumentary</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`stru*men"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Instrumental.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Instrumentation</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`stru*men*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.</def>

<blockquote>Otherwise we have no sufficient <b>instrumentation</b> for our human use or handling of so great a fact. <i>H. Bushnell.</i></blockquote>

<-- (b). The act of using instruments to measure or control the behavior of an object, as a patient in a hospital or a machine being tested while under development. -->

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; <as>as, his <ex>instrumentation</ex> is perfect</as>.</def>

<-- Instrumented, a. having instruments attached for the purpose of measuring conditions while under observation; said of a person under medical observation or a machine whose performance is being tested. -->

<h1>Instrumentist</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In"stru*men`tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist.</def>

<h1>Instyle</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In*style"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To style.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Crashaw.</i>

<h1>Insuavity</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In*suav"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insuavitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insuavit\'82</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Suavity</er>.]</ety> <def>Want of suavity; unpleasantness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>