materially

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materially

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From Middle English materialy; equivalent to material + -ly.

adverb more materially · most materially

  1. In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics. 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.
  2. To a significant degree. 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.

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Closest in meaning: substance, concretely, substantive, basically, fundamentally, essentially, substantively, measurably, perceptibly, specifically, meaningfully, practically, physically, noticeably, markedly, really

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@misc{materially_2026,
  title = {materially},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/materially},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}