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sub·stan·tial  (sb-stnshl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or having substance; material.
2. True or real; not imaginary.
3. Solidly built; strong.
4. Ample; sustaining: a substantial breakfast.
5. Considerable in importance, value, degree, amount, or extent: won by a substantial margin.
6. Possessing wealth or property; well-to-do.
n.
1. An essential. Often used in the plural.
2. A solid thing. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English substancial, from Old French substantiel, from Latin substantilis, from substantia, substance; see substance.]

sub·stanti·ali·ty (-sh-l-t), sub·stantial·ness (-shl-ns) n.
sub·stantial·ly adv.
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Adv.1.substantially - to a great extent or degree; "I'm afraid the film was well over budget"; "painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger"; "the house has fallen considerably in value"; "the price went up substantially"
2.substantially - in a strong substantial way; "the house was substantially built"

substantially
adverb 2. essentially, largely, mainly, materially, in the main, in essence, to a large extent, in substance, in essentials
Translations
Spanish substantially [səbˈstænʃəlɪ] advsustancialmente;
substantially bigger → bastante más grande

French substantially [səbˈstænʃəlɪ] advconsidérablement; en grande partie
German substantially [səbˈstænʃəlɪ] substantial adverheblich;
(in essence) → im Wesentlichen

Italian substantially [səbˈstænʃəlɪ] advsostanzialmente;
substantially bigger → molto più grande

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Wilson was elected, the twins were defeated--crushed, in fact, and left forlorn and substantially friendless.
But as it is wholesome that the parsimonious public should know what has been doing, and still is doing, in this connexion, I mention here that everything set forth in these pages concerning the Court of Chancery is substantially true, and within the truth.
The cottage, built substantially of grey stone, stood upon the side of the slope, and a broad strip of garden, half cultivated and half wild, began near the house with cabbages, and ended in a jungle of giant bulrushes as it touched the stream.
 
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