significantly

American  

[sig-nif-i-kuhnt-lee] / sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt li /

adverb

1. in a way or as a fact that is important and deserves attention.

   Significantly, Australia was a nation born in peacetime, not war.

2. by a relatively great amount or to a relatively high degree.

   She seems to have grown significantly as a character—her decisions are more mature, for one thing.

3. in a way that carries special, secret, or private meaning.

   The detective looked significantly at the collection of pills on the table, but said nothing.

4. Statistics. in a way or to a degree that is unlikely to occur by chance and therefore indicates a systematic cause.

   These results show that sleep significantly affects memory organization, even in the infant brain.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsignificantly adverb
• supersignificantly adverb
• unsignificantly adverb

Etymology

Origin of significantly

significant ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

“If only 50% of it was to be done, I’m convinced, we are convinced at the ECB, that it would significantly improve the growth potential of Europe,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

A No Vacancy sign out the front of his Southern Comfort Motor Inn, Dylan O'Neill says: "It's clear that every hospitality business in town benefits significantly from the event."

From BBC

"The number of young people needing EHCPs is rising faster than ever before, while the cost of that support is increasing significantly."

From BBC

Without those revenues, the government’s debts will rocket even faster — and it will have to increase the supply of Treasury bonds significantly.

From MarketWatch

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have significantly increased how quickly changes in delicate quantum states can be detected inside a qubit.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• actually
• approximately
• necessarily
• originally
• permanently
• quite
• really
• substantially
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