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Antonyms for substantially

Grammar : Adv
Spell : suhb-stan-shuhl
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈstæn ʃəl

Definition of substantially

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "ample, sizeable," from Old French substantiel (13c.), from Latin substantialis "having substance or reality, material," from substantia (see substance). Meaning "existing, having real existence" is from late 14c.
  • adv to a large extent
Example sentences :
  • The bill, substantially unaltered, received the Royal assent July 26, 1869.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Furthermore, the earlier changes of each are substantially the same.
  • Extract from : « The Present Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • The accounts in the various papers were substantially the same.
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • The projecting machine was substantially like the "taking" camera and was so used.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • It is all substantially true that Mercy Lascelles has told you.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Otherwise the room is substantially like that across the hall.
  • Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins
  • The houses are substantially built after the fashion of the mother country.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers » by Various
  • The bill reported by the committee was substantially his work.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • The theory that profit is the wages of risk is answerable in substantially the same way.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • "'Pretty-pretty,' substantially," translated the Tyro, recovering himself.
  • Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Synonyms for substantially

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