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materially

materially

19 5.5
In a large and important way that affects real life
  • adverb
  • /məˈtɪəriəli/
translation icon : sustancialmente
  • The new policy will materially improve working conditions for employees.
  • materially benefit
  • materially affect
  • contribute materially

And so, yeah, so I just, I'm materially uncomfortable with that now.

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Examples

  • Both parties reduce their exposure to sudden variations in the price of corn, which could materially affect their respective businesses.

  • Its recognition of the Jewish state in September 1950 did not materially alter this stand.

    Academic text (2013)
  • But to your basic point of why do people feel bad given that they are materially better off and they have more options?

  • My mother was less materially focused than many people; she liked to read, cook, and talk with friends.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Did the terms materially alter the agreement?

  • In many cases, it may be impossible to materially change the mean time between failures.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Missing a day, based on the research, does not materially affect the habit formation process.

  • The rest of the pollutants have such low risk that they do not materially affect the overall risk.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Are there any new beliefs or behaviors or habits that have materially improved your life in the last handful of years?

  • It feels like things are getting worse, even though you keep telling me that GDP is on an upward trajectory, it doesn't feel like I am materially better off.

Synonyms

substantively
vsmaterially
  • Formal
9 6.7

Affects the main point in an important way

focuses on physical or practical importance rather than essential core

Antonyms

In a way that is not important and not easily noticed

How Significant

greatly
350 1.0
substantially
129 4.9
materially
19 5.5
somewhat
816 2.0
slightly
885 1.0

Surface Forms

materially positive

Morphology

materially = material (transparent) = material + ly

Formed by adding the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'material', yielding the expected meaning 'in a material/important way'.

Etymology

Materially comes from material, which comes from an old word like matter meaning 'substance'. So, to say something has changed materially is to say it has changed in a real, physical, or important way.