materially
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English materialy; equivalent to material + -ly.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
materially (comparative more materially, superlative most materially)
- In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
- 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports:
- Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.
- To a significant degree.
- 1839, Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library:
- In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress.
Translations[edit]
To a significant degree.
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Middle English[edit]
Adverb[edit]
materially
- Alternative form of materialy