Definition of "insofar as"

Insofar as it expresses an expansion in physical plant, it ought to make possible the production of more goods.

1922 (June 7), G.S., "Can a Living Wage Be Paid?", Correspondence, The New Republic 31 (no. 392): 50

Hasidism, insofar as it was new—and not all of Hasidism was "new" in this sense—rejected the older hierarchies of celestial palaces, of Intelligences, of hypostases, of sefirot.

1982, David R. Blumenthal, Understanding Jewish Mysticism, volume II, page 195

Insofar as possible, the current edition of a publication is annotated in part 3.

1996, “National Science Education Standards”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 133