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substantially

substantially adverb: in a strong or substantial manner; considerably.

Adverb

substantially (comparative more substantially, superlative most substantially)

  1. In a strong or substantial manner; considerably.
    • For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in The New York Times, retrieved 24 Oct 2012
  2. To a great extent; in essence; essentially.
    Synonyms:
    at heart
  3. Without material qualifications.

substantially meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

substantially in Tamil

மெய்ந்நிலையில், பொருண்மை வகையில், காரிய அளவில், உருப்படியான முறையில, முக்கிய கூறுகளில், கணிசமான நிலையில்

substantially in Malayalam

significantly, considerably, to a great extent
കാര്യമായി, നന്നെ, കണക്കിന്, ഗണ്യമായി, സാർത്ഥകമായി, ഒരളവുവരെ
for the most part, largely, by and large
പ്രധാനമായി, മുഖ്യമായി, മൊത്തത്തിൽ, മുഖ്യമായും, മുഖ്യാംശമായി, സാമാന്യമായി

substantially in Kannada

ಗಣನೀಯವಾಗಿ

Examples of substantially in a sentence

  • Meanwhile, Japan must bolster its own defenses and substantially increase defense spending to meet new threats.
  • Yes, it all sounds very Kardashian, and is substantially more expensive than regular air travel.
  • "In other words, there is substantially no wearout effect during this period."

All 40 example sentences with substantially

Synonyms of substantially

Forms of substantially

comparativemore substantially
superlativemost substantially

Origin of substantially

From substantial + -ly.

Questions about substantially

What does substantially mean?
Substantially means in a strong or substantial manner; considerably.
What is substantially in Tamil?
Substantially in Tamil is மெய்ந்நிலையில், பொருண்மை வகையில், காரிய அளவில். See Substantially meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is substantially?
Substantially is an adverb.

Words near substantially in the dictionary

  1. substantializations
  2. substantialize
  3. substantialized
  4. substantializes
  5. substantializing
  6. substantially
  7. substantialness
  8. substantials
  9. substantiatable
  10. substantiate
  11. substantiated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: substantially (page history and authors); substantially (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substantially (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); substantially (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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