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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 significant extent.

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

  • 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."

    FLA Politics - Front Page 2010

  • 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.

    Tom Coburn: Not a Newt Fan 2011

  • Amplats, following independent mediation, late on Monday made to NUM what it described as a significantly improved offer.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Amplats, following independent mediation, made what it described as a significantly improved offer to the NUM late on

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • India significantly is the one country in Asia which has an indigenous Christian Church, going back to the time of the Apostles.

    The Christian Minority in the World of Tomorrow 1962

  • The group earlier reported a solid performance for the first quarter in what it described as significantly more challenging market conditions.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2009

  • And, perhaps most significantly from a sustainable packaging point of view, it eliminates the need for void fill.

    8 posts from February 2009 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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