in idea
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English[edit]
Adverb[edit]
in idea (not comparable)
- In thought or imagination as opposed to in reality; as an abstract concept; conceptually. [from 17th c.]
- 1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 4, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume I:
- [A]n acquaintance she soon after formed with Henry Mortimer, realized the object she had long dwelt on in idea.