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significantly

[sig-nif-i-kuhnt-lee] / sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt li /
ADVERB
essentially
Synonyms
STRONGEST
actually approximately necessarily originally permanently quite really substantially truly typically virtually
STRONG
fundamentally
WEAK
at heart at the heart of centrally characteristically chiefly determinately factually importantly in effect in essence indispensably inherently intimately intrinsically materially more or less so naturally primarily principally radically vitally
Antonyms
STRONGEST
doubtfully
WEAK
apparently on the surface superficially
ADVERB
far
Synonyms
STRONGEST
much somewhat well
WEAK
decidedly extremely greatly incomparably notably quite very very much
ADVERB
necessarily
Synonyms
STRONGEST
automatically naturally no doubt undoubtedly unquestionably
WEAK
accordingly as a matter of course axiomatically beyond one's control by definition by its own nature cardinally come what may compulsorily consequently exigently from within fundamentally incontrovertibly indubitably ineluctably inescapably inexorably irresistibly of course of necessity perforce positively pressingly unpreventably vitally willy-nilly without fail
Antonyms
STRONGEST
doubtfully questionably
WEAK
unnecessarily
ADVERB
quite
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fairly pretty rather reasonably relatively somewhat very
WEAK
considerably far moderately more or less to some degree
Antonyms
STRONGEST
little
WEAK
incompletely
ADVERB
somewhat
Synonyms
STRONGEST
a little considerably fairly far kind of moderately partially pretty quite rather slightly
WEAK
adequately bearably in part incompletely insignificantly more or less not much ratherish some something sort of to a degree tolerably well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
little
WEAK
not at all

Example Sentences

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Managers who demonstrate this skill can significantly outperform otherwise similar funds, and this outperformance reaches close to 2% per year following quarters in which managers make large changes to their factor exposures.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

When my wife and I moved to a smaller house, we stored some stuff that was precious to us and, more significantly, important to our two adult sons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

"It would It would leave adopters, birth parents and, perhaps most significantly, children in a state of uncertainty," the DfE's written submission said.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Researchers found that two drugs, pemafibrate and telmisartan, were able to significantly reduce liver fat in animal models of this disease.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

We were only a few weeks into the school year and I was already struggling significantly.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely