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significantly

[sig-nif-i-kuhnt-lee] / sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt li /

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essentially adv.
far adv.
necessarily adv.
quite adv.
somewhat adv.

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

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Data on pending home sales had indicated that sales of existing homes would fall significantly based on the contracts buyers and sellers were signing in September.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Surrey County Council said that demand for Walliams' books had "fallen significantly in recent years", but his titles are "not illegal" and "remain available for readers to borrow".

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

ND: I’ve upgraded my wardrobe significantly in the past few years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

They discovered that these released substances, even without the surviving cells themselves, were enough to significantly increase cancer spread in a preclinical model.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

And then, alone in the coach, pulled by a team of four coal-black stallions, Lord Primus left the village of Nottaway, in significantly worse temper than he had arrived there.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

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