significantly Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adverb in a statistically significant way
   
   • the two groups differed significantly
2. adverb in a significant manner
   
   • our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts
3. adverb in an important way or to an important degree
   importantly.
   
   • 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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