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Definition of Substantially

1. Adverb. To a great extent or degree. "The price went up substantially"

2. Adverb. In a strong substantial way. "The house was substantially built"

Definition of Substantially

1. adv. In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.

Definition of Substantially

1. Adverb. In a strong substantial manner; considerably. ¹

2. Adverb. To a great extent; in essence; essentially. ¹

3. Adverb. Without material qualifications. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Substantially

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Substantially

substantia grisea substantia nigra substantia nigras substantiae nigrae substantial substantialism substantialisms substantialities substantiality substantialization

substantializations substantialize substantialized substantializes substantializing substantially substantialness substantials substantiate substantiated

substantiates substantiating substantiation substantiations substantiative substantival substantivalist substantivalists substantivally substantive

Literary usage of Substantially

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... there can be no equity in making her substantially pay the note out of the proceeds of the sale, or in postponing her just claim, to that of appellants, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"The combination of the rotating brush or picker, substantially such as described, the rotating pervious cone, provided with an exhausting mechanism, ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"This writ has brought up for review a Judgment for $5000, rendered upon a verdict found in a second trial In which the i evidence was substantially the game ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The best brief exposition of political economy, substantially in accordance with Mill's treatise, ..."

5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Under this section it is settled that the competition of rival carriers as such does not constitute substantially dissimilar circumstances to justify a ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... and it was only granted to persons whose wealth or renown made their citizenship substantially desirable to the other burghers. FREEDOM OF THE SEAS. ..."

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