ad. By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end
ad. With instruments of music;
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
ad. With instruments of music.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
As an instrument, means, or tool; by way of an instrument; in the nature of an instrument; as means to an end.
By means of an instrument, a tool, or a machine.
With instruments of music.
Word Usage
"Normative hedonism is the claim that only pleasure has value and only pain has disvalue non-instrumentally, that is, independently of the value of anything they might cause or prevent."