1 ~ (in sth / in doing sth) important in making sth happen:
He was instrumental in bringing about an end to the conflict.
2 made by or for musical instruments:
instrumental music
instrumentally adverb
noun a piece of music (usually popular music) in which only musical instruments are used with no singing
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is instrumental a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, instrumental is tagged as adjective.
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