nonsignificantly
- adverb
- /ˌnɒn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt.li/
- Specialized
:
insignificantemente
- The results of the study were nonsignificantly different from the previous findings, suggesting no substantial change.
Examples
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Considering only those figures that were actually drawn, the mean height of the mother figures was slightly but nonsignificantly greater than the mean height of the father figures for the sample as a whole (M = 93.1 mm for mothers and 89.5 mm for fathers).
Academic text (1996) -
Among the vascular deaths, allocation to the study vitamins was associated with slightly more deaths due to acute myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease, but those differences were not significant and were partially offset by nonsignificantly fewer deaths from other vascular causes.
Blog text (29) -
However, when human uniqueness was salient, MS had no such effect; within the uniqueness condition, mortality-salient participants reported nonsignificantly higher appeal of physical sex than their exam-salient counterparts.
Academic text (2002) -
Despite the treatment, the patients showed nonsignificantly improved symptoms compared to those who did not receive any therapy.
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The data indicated that the group receiving the new medication had nonsignificantly better outcomes than the control group.
Synonyms
1
4.6
In a way that is not important and not easily noticed
1
8.2
In a way that is not important and has no effect
1
5.6
In a way that is so small it does not matter
Not important and not likely to change the result
In a weak and unimportant way that gives little real support
In a way that does not matter much
Antonyms
How Significant
129
4.9
- Specialized
20
3.2
35
4.1
- Specialized
4
3.6
1
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonsignificantly = nonsignificant (transparent) = non + significant + ly
The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'nonsignificant', which itself is a straightforward negative formation of 'significant'.
Etymology
The word nonsignificantly is built from non- 'not', significant from sign 'mark' or 'signal', and -ly which makes it an adverb. A helpful way to remember it is 'showing no real sign', so it means 'not important' or, in statistics, 'not showing a real difference'.