significantly

[ sig-nif-i-kuhnt-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way or as a fact that is important and deserves attention:

   Significantly, Australia was a nation born in peacetime, not war.

2. by a relatively great amount or to a relatively high degree:

   She seems to have grown significantly as a character—her decisions are more mature, for one thing.

3. in a way that carries special, secret, or private meaning:

   The detective looked significantly at the collection of pills on the table, but said nothing.

4. Statistics. in a way or to a degree that is unlikely to occur by chance and therefore indicates a systematic cause:

   These results show that sleep significantly affects memory organization, even in the infant brain.

Other Words From

• non·sig·nif·i·cant·ly adverb
• su·per·sig·nif·i·cant·ly adverb
• un·sig·nif·i·cant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of significantly¹

significant ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

But as Trump prepares to reenter the White House with a proposal to significantly expand tariffs, they seem to be on everyone's mind.

From Salon

These advocates called for imposing further restrictions on demolition, which the Planning Department said could significantly reduce new housing construction, including units that are mandated to be affordable to low-income households.

From Los Angeles Times

The transfer of all GPS and ACC raw data is no longer necessary, allowing data communication with a significantly lower bandwidth to transmit the relevant information.

From Science Daily

It demonstrates high performance with significantly fewer training parameters and shorter run-time compared to the latest deep learning-based models and, of course, it also outperforms explicit deconvolution methods.

From Science Daily

"It's important to think about where the moisture comes from, because performance can be significantly impacted based on how it's integrated."

From Science Daily

Related Words

• actually
• approximately
• necessarily
• originally
• permanently
• quite
• really
• substantially
• truly
• typically
• virtually