substantial
[suhb-stan-shuhl]
- of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
- of a corporeal or material nature; tangible; real.
- of solid character or quality; firm, stout, or strong: a substantial physique.
- basic or essential; fundamental: two stories in substantial agreement.
- wealthy or influential: one of the substantial men of the town.
- of real worth, value, or effect: substantial reasons.
- relating to the substance, matter, or material of a thing.
- of or relating to the essence of a thing: the substantial parts of the ruling.
- existing as or being a substance; having independent existence: a substantial being.
- Philosophy. relating to or of the nature of substance or reality rather than an accident or attribute.
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- something substantial.
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Examples from the Web for substantially
Contemporary Examples
The world Carver left was still a hungry one—if substantially less so.
The CDC says that the current numbers on record for the epidemic, 5,843 cases and 2,803 deaths, are “substantially underreported.”
The police department, despite public belief, is substantially upping patrol and investigative measures.
What has changed, substantially and perhaps for the best, is just what a nonmarital birth looks like.
In some respects our recent wars are substantially different from those past.
Historical Examples
The bill, substantially unaltered, received the Royal assent July 26, 1869.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
Furthermore, the earlier changes of each are substantially the same.
The Present Condition of Organic NatureThomas H. Huxley
The accounts in the various papers were substantially the same.
The Einstein See-SawMiles John Breuer
The projecting machine was substantially like the "taking" camera and was so used.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
It is all substantially true that Mercy Lascelles has told you.
The Golden WomanRidgwell Cullum
substantial
- of a considerable size or valuesubstantial funds
- worthwhile; importanta substantial reform
- having wealth or importance
- (of food or a meal) sufficient and nourishing
- solid or strong in construction, quality, or charactera substantial door
- real; actual; truethe evidence is substantial
- of or relating to the basic or fundamental substance or aspects of a thing
- philosophy of or relating to substance rather than to attributes, accidents, or modifications
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Word Origin and History for substantially
substantial
adj.
mid-14c., "ample, sizeable," from Old French substantiel (13c.), from Latin substantialis "having substance or reality, material," from substantia (see substance). Meaning "existing, having real existence" is from late 14c.
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