adv
Meaning 1
In a strong or substantial manner; considerably.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
substantially
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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CMU ARPABET: S AH0 B S T AE1 N SH AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
To a great extent; in essence; essentially.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Without material qualifications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adverb
Meaning 4
to a great extent or degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I'm afraid the film was well over budget
- painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
- the house has fallen considerably in value
- the price went up substantially
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: well, considerably
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
in a strong substantial way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the house was substantially built
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English substantial Middle English -ly English -ly English substantially From substantial + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: էապես (ēapes) — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Bulgarian: значително (značitelno) — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Chinese Mandarin: 實貭上地 /实貭上地 — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- German: beträchtlich — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- German: erheblich — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- German: substanziell — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- German: wesentlich — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Hungarian: lényegesen — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Japanese: 少なからず (sukunakarazu) — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Norwegian: i alt vesentligt — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Norwegian: vesentligen — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Portuguese: substancialmente — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Russian: суще́ственно (suščéstvenno) — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Spanish: sustancialmente — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Swedish: i allt väsentligt — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Swedish: väsentligen — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Turkish: büyük ölçüde — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Turkish: ciddi anlamda — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Turkish: ciddi manada — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Turkish: oldukça — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Turkish: çok — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Turkish: epeyce — in a strong or substantial manner; considerably
- Bulgarian: съществено (sǎštestveno) — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- German: im Grunde — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- German: im Kern — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Norwegian: i alt vesentligt — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Norwegian: vesentligen — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Swedish: väsentligen — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Swedish: i allt väsentligt — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Turkish: aslında — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Turkish: esasen — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Turkish: temelde — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Turkish: haddi zatında — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
- Turkish: esas itibariyle — to a great extent; in essence; essentially
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