significantly | ||
1. | [ adverb ] (statistics) in a statistically significant way | |
Examples: | "the two groups differed significantly" |
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Related terms: | significant significant | |
2. | [ adverb ] in a significant manner | |
Examples: | "our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts" |
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Related terms: | insignificantly significant significant | |
3. | [ adverb ] in an important way or to an important degree | |
Synonyms: | importantly | |
Examples: | "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself" |
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Related terms: | important significant important significant | |
Similar spelling: |
significant significance signification significative |