Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a significant manner; so as to convey meaning or signification; meaningly; expressively; so as to signify more than merely appears.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a significant manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
significant manner or to a significantextent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a statistically significant way
- adverb in a significant manner
- adverb in an important way or to an important degree
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Examples
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Rothstein "could seek to have his term significantly reduced if he plays a key role in the ongoing probe of others in his bankrupt Fort Lauderdale law firm who prosecutors say may have benefited from the $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme."
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After Joe Gaylord, a longtime adviser to Gingrich, confirmed to the Des Moines Register that Gingrich would indeed be announcing an exploratory phase in Georgia on Thursday, Gingrich's official spokesman put out a statement rebutting what he called a "significantly inaccurate statement" --adding that there would be no exploratory committee announced Thursday.
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Amplats, following independent mediation, late on Monday made to NUM what it described as a significantly improved offer.
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Amplats, following independent mediation, made what it described as a significantly improved offer to the NUM late on
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India significantly is the one country in Asia which has an indigenous Christian Church, going back to the time of the Apostles.
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The group earlier reported a solid performance for the first quarter in what it described as significantly more challenging market conditions.
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And, perhaps most significantly from a sustainable packaging point of view, it eliminates the need for void fill.
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Accordingly, any decent candidate could cut him back significantly from the 70% he received in the last election.
Chuck Schumer (D-NY): Free speech is un-American. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010
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Sure, the gap closed significantly from the 1992 election, but we still did not see the number of conservatives even reaching parity with moderates, much less exceeding them.
Kristen Soltis: Ideology: Do the Polls Match America? Kristen Soltis 2010
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And, perhaps most significantly from a sustainable packaging point of view, it eliminates the need for void fill.
New Sealed Air Packaging System Eliminates Packing Peanuts 2009
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