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substantially

— adverb (= well, considerably) 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 — adverb in a strong substantial way the house was substantially built

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considerably essentially extremely exceedingly well significantly intrinsically fundamentally very much tangibly substantively strongly much materially in essence importantly greatly fast actually vitally virtually very vastly through and through theoretically tenaciously strongly. squarely square signally severely seriously securely ruggedly roughly robustly relevantly regularly really quite pre-eminently potently plainly outline oftentimes often of the essence mostly measurably main point

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Simple sentences

The stability of Chinese economy is substantially overestimated.

Movie subtitles

Substantially. this is what happened to Louise.

Your high living substantially increases your risk of TB.

You'll further hear from Alice Dennerly another young lady who works for the insurance office who will testify substantially to the same as Miss Willis.

This, substantially, is what the people's witnesses will testify to.

Are they substantially correct?

Mrs. Wade, is this list of witnesses to your husband's behavior at the party substantially correct?

Even when substantially damaged they still function.

The lifeforms grew later, at a substantially accelerated rate.

But during these 2 months of illness which ended with his death his thoughts changed substantially.

On revival, the rate of decomposition slows substantially.

You know as well as I do that the diameter of a standard chute is substantially larger than that.

Substantially partial. -Good.

What my colleague says is substantially correct, Mrs Popey.

My bet is that they really are quite substantially large.

I-I beg to report, General Burkhalter, it is substantially correct.

We could outbid, substantially outbid your former employer.

Am I substantially correct, Doctor?

The life-forms grew later at a substantially accelerated rate.

And given that my machine can substantially reduce the size of bulky payloads. and fuel supplies, the savings to the space program would be staggering.

Your income, Mr. Court, hasn't changed substantially- - Thank you. - In 17 years.

We've increased our position substantially.

I'll increase my offer substantially.

Their weapons systems are substantially inferior to ours.

His lungs have cleared up substantially. That's a big plus.

Results are substantially complete.

But be under no illusion. If I was serious about acquiring this, it would be mine, and for substantially less than what you had hoped for.

Our weapon systems are substantially superior to yours.

And if I drop the uranium ore into the canister, which absorbs the radiation, and cover it up I then find the count-rate goes down substantially but it doesn't go down to zero.

The life forms grew later at a substantially accelerated rate.

Now, our role has changed substantially since that time.

We've increased our position substantially. -Naturally, I worry.

I could see. that this was a sum substantially greater. that the one she had in mind, and not easy for her to assimilate, try as she might.

Your government stands to profit substantially.

There's a larger problem. Substantially larger.

What, according to a preponderance of the evidence, was the earliest time at which these chemicals substantially contributed to the wells' contamination?

The damage would be substantially less.

That's substantially less than 50?

We've reduced the collateral damage numbers substantially.

Do you have any more material of this sort, or is this tape substantially it?

News and current affairs

So it is not surprising that the number of farmers needed has fallen substantially.

Such a policy has been successful in the Netherlands, substantially contributing to the development and power of the country's agribusiness.

A targeted support program could increase substantially the efficiency of spending, freeing up resources for education, health, and poverty eradication.

Attracting even a fraction of the assets held by institutional investors, sovereign-wealth funds, and public pension funds could boost development finance substantially.

The current moment of American weakness coincides with a substantially changed international political environment, defined largely by the limits of US power, Europe's ineffectiveness, and the emergence of new global giants like China and India.

For Italy, the path toward competitiveness is shorter, but for Portugal and Greece it is substantially longer - perhaps too long.

Based on extrapolation of growth trends, it looks safe to predict that prices will go up substantially in most of these places for another year or more, even as the rate of increase continues to decline.

Saudi Arabia is boosting its spending on social and infrastructure investments substantially, as well as expanding oil sector capacity.

But today, countries with rising budget deficits, like Ireland, along with countries with high levels of public debt, like Greece and Italy, are at risk to pay substantially higher rates on their government bonds.

Moreover, once the markets expect substantial amounts of the common bond to be issued, interest rates on the huge stock of existing - purely national - bonds of solid countries would be likely to increase substantially.

But industrial countries, too, intervene substantially in markets.

The US dollar would fall substantially - encouraging greater exports - were it not for the fact that foreign central banks are pushing much of that capital right back by buying US government securities.

To enhance the credibility of public finances, Monti's government substantially increased taxes, particularly on real estate, while preserving the already record-high income-tax rate.

On both counts, the new member states expected to benefit substantially from the EU system.

Productivity growth increased substantially in these countries over time, which persuaded Continental Europe to adopt reforms of its own, often pushed by the European Commission.

After the establishment of the EU-Chile free-trade area, Chilean exports to the EU increased substantially.

Collective burden-sharing is in the long run the only non-catastrophic way out of Europe's current crisis, but that requires a substantially greater degree of political accountability and control on a European level.

The next US president must reinvigorate a relationship that is ready to be substantially transformed for the first time since Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy of seven decades ago.

One option would be to increase substantially the number of mid-career recruits with actual practical experience in developing countries.

And a more appropriate adjustment for changes in the cost of living implies a substantially greater gain.

The crude oil price already has dropped substantially from its highs at the beginning of the year.

I believe it does, more than ever, because the rift between Europe and America leaves both sides substantially weaker in global terms.

Both sides have substantially reduced their options, thereby limiting the possibility of a diplomatic compromise.

Even more significantly, the IMF has emerged from the London meeting with substantially greater resources, as well as new responsibilities.

On the other hand, taking this historic initiative would, relative to fainthearted tactical maneuvering, substantially increase politicians' chances of re-election later.

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