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significatively

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a significative manner; so as to represent, express, or convey by an external sign or indication.

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Examples

  • In other words, an sharp increase in supply of workers causes salaries to rise extreemely significatively.

    How Everyone Can Get Richer as Per-Capita Income Falls, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • It signifies or makes known the concept with which it has to be correlated in order to function significatively at all, and it also signifies or makes known something external to and independent of the mind.

    Medieval Theories of Analogy Ashworth, E. Jennifer 2009

  • Spade p. William of Ockham appears to characterize simple supposition quite differently: "Simple supposition occurs when a term supposits for an intention of the soul and is not functioning significatively"

    Medieval Theories: Properties of Terms Read, Stephen 2006

  • In fact, making the process public has significatively improved the process itself.

    Should the Data be Public? JoAnne 2006

  • So in dancing, the [Greek omitted] represents the shape and figure, the [Greek omitted] shows some action, passion, or power; but by the [Greek omitted] are properly and significatively shown the things themselves, for instance, the heaven, earth, or the company.

    Symposiacs 2004

  • So in dancing, the [Greek omitted] represents the shape and figure, the [Greek omitted] shows some action, passion, or power; but by the [Greek omitted] are properly and significatively shown the things themselves, for instance, the heaven, earth, or the company.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • Moreover this solution ignores entirely the difficulty which this question presents: for there is still the objection in regard to the first uttering of these words by Christ; since it is evident that then they were employed, not materially, but significatively.

    Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

  • And therefore it must be said that even when spoken by the priest they are taken significatively, and not merely materially.

    Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

  • Wherefore, just as the priest in baptizing anyone, declares by deed and word that the person is washed inwardly, and this not only significatively but also effectively, so also when he says: "I absolve thee," he declares the man to be absolved not only significatively but also effectively.

    Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

  • All these peptides affected significatively the Lα-H

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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