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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

substantially
    adv 1: 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" [syn: well, considerably,
           substantially]
    2: in a strong substantial way; "the house was substantially
       built"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Substantially \Sub*stan"tial*ly\, adv.
   In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.
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         In him all his Father shone,
         Substantially expressed.                 --Milton.
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         The laws of this religion would make men, if they would
         truly observe them, substantially religious toward God,
         chastle, and temperate.                  --Tillotson.
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Thesaurus Results for substantially:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

actually, adequately, all in all, almost entirely, amply, approximately, at bottom, at heart, at the core, au fond, basically, by and large, chiefly, competently, effectually, enough, essentially, fundamentally, in essence, in fact, in itself, in reality, in substance, in the main, in truth, indeed, intrinsically, largely, mainly, materially, minimally, mostly, on balance, on the whole, per se, practically, primarily, satisfactorily, sincerely, sufficiently, truly, verily, veritably, virtually

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