Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially: as, a thing may be apparently one thing and substantively another.
- In grammar, as a substantive or noun: as, an adjective or a pronoun used substantively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.
- adverb (Gram.) As a substantive, name, or noun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
substantive manner, or to a substantive extent
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Examples
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It seems that all this solution does, substantively, is put the actual reconcilation bill on the table like a fatty cut of beef for everyone to chop at.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010
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Our copy-text, from which we do not vary substantively, is the copy of
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The Theosophists and the Súfís are divided into two branches: one, comprising the mass, who, simply in the spirit of imitation, believe pantheism without comprehending the meaning of their renowned savants; for the mass of the Súfís believe that the signification of Being is general existence, taken substantively, which is comprehended by the reason and the intelligence — that is to say, that man comprehends it.
Some Answered Questions 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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The third factor is the most important, politically and substantively, which is to break the cycle of the big banks winning most of what they want from government, and especially to force them to write down mortgages for underwater homeowners.
Crooks and Liars Mike Lux 2011
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But they will, among other things, heavily penalize airlines for leaving passengers stranded aboard grounded planes for more than three hours, require airlines to respond "substantively" to customer complaints within 60 days, and force airlines to publish data about delayed flights and face fines for habitually late flights.
Forcing Airlines to Play Nice With Fliers Scott McCartney 2010
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But they will, among other things, heavily penalize airlines for leaving passengers stranded aboard grounded planes for more than three hours, require airlines to respond "substantively" to customer complaints within 60 days, and force airlines to publish data about delayed flights and face fines for habitually late flights.
Forcing Airlines to Play Nice With Fliers Scott McCartney 2010
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Or how about substantively answering why you think giving $700 billion to Wall Street will help solve this problem, rather than make it worse - and by "substantively," I don't mean simply saying that some other "expert" said it would save the economy, I mean actually making a substantive, logical argument.
Bailout: What's next 2008
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Or how about substantively answering why you think giving $700 billion to Wall Street will help solve this problem, rather than make it worse - and by "substantively," I don't mean simply saying that some other "expert" said it would save the economy, I mean actually making a substantive, logical argument.
Are you registered to vote? Have you been disenfranchised? 2008
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Hopefully, the selection of Dion at the least means that the quality of political discourse in this country will rise: seeing Dion and Harper debate policy - substantively, meaningfully – will be a treat.
Archive 2006-12-01 ALW 2006
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Hopefully, the selection of Dion at the least means that the quality of political discourse in this country will rise: seeing Dion and Harper debate policy - substantively, meaningfully – will be a treat.
Congratulations To Stephane Dion ALW 2006
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