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sub⋅stan⋅tial

  [suhb-stan-shuhl]
Use substantially in a Sentence
–adjective
1. of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
2. of a corporeal or material nature; tangible; real.
3. of solid character or quality; firm, stout, or strong: a substantial physique.
4. basic or essential; fundamental: two stories in substantial agreement.
5. wealthy or influential: one of the substantial men of the town.
6. of real worth, value, or effect: substantial reasons.
7. pertaining to the substance, matter, or material of a thing.
8. of or pertaining to the essence of a thing; essential, material, or important.
9. being a substance; having independent existence.
10. Philosophy. pertaining to or of the nature of substance rather than an accident or attribute.
–noun
11. something substantial.
Origin:
1300–50; ME substancial < LL substantiālis, equiv. to L substanti(a) substance + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
sub⋅stan⋅ti⋅al⋅i⋅ty, sub⋅stan⋅tial⋅ness, noun
sub⋅stan⋅tial⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. stable, sound. 6. valid, important.

Antonyms:
2. immaterial, ethereal.
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sub·stan·tial   (səb-stān'shəl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or having substance; material.
  2. True or real; not imaginary.
  3. Solidly built; strong.
  4. Ample; sustaining: a substantial breakfast.
  5. Considerable in importance, value, degree, amount, or extent: won by a substantial margin.
  6. Possessing wealth or property; well-to-do.
n.  
  1. An essential. Often used in the plural.
  2. A solid thing. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English substancial, from Old French substantiel, from Latin substantiālis, from substantia, substance; see substance.]
sub·stan'ti·al'i·ty (-shē-āl'ĭ-tē), sub·stan'tial·ness (-shəl-nĭs) n., sub·stan'tial·ly adv.
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Substantially

Sub*stan"tial*ly\, adv. In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.

In him all his Father shone, Substantially expressed. --Milton.

The laws of this religion would make men, if they would truly observe them, substantially religious toward God, chastle, and temperate. --Tillotson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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