CONSIDERABLY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

considerably

adverb

Definition of considerably

as in greatly

to a large extent or degree home electronic devices that have fallen considerably in price

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Recent Examples of considerably And while enough baseball (and IL time) has happened since then to dim Mayer’s star considerably, there’s enough promise left in him to get Law riled up about the trade. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Tidwell won’t be the only young player getting considerably more run over the next two months. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 Feldman has turned it into a standing operating question, which is a considerably more useful thing than a value on a wall. — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Conditions improved considerably on Monday and Pakistan cashed in and is now only 78 runs behind. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 While the odds of getting struck by lightning are considerably higher than the odds of hitting all of the winning numbers and taking home the jackpot, there's no harm in trying. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 That is considerably easier from an AI-training perspective than allowing autonomous trucks to travel freely through ordinary cities or mixed public traffic. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026 This broader strategy also helps explain why persuading countries to avoid Chinese AI will likely prove considerably more difficult than Washington’s earlier campaign against Huawei and ZTE. — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026 The project faced several setbacks, and the cost grew considerably beyond his original estimates. — Ryan J. Reilly, NBC news, 31 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for considerably

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Fleet to increase to 100 by mid-2027 That would greatly expand where the trucks can deliver.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
Also, what would happen to the College Sports Commission, the main NIL enforcement arm that spends the bulk of its time analyzing third-party NIL deals that would be greatly reduced under this arrangement?

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of greatly

Adverb

Only about half of employees in his research rated leaders highly in demonstrating care.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
After what Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self believes was a highly successful two-month summer set of workouts, the 14 Jayhawk players on the 2026-27 roster have headed to their hometowns for a month-long breather.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Definition of highly

Adverb

But fishers haven’t taken advantage of the invasive dusky spinefoot, whose population has grown significantly in Italian waters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Scheer warns that a lack of trust significantly erodes loyalty, innovation, and retention, impacting revenue and growth.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of significantly

Adverb

But the version posed to voters this year would take much longer — with the city’s first even-year election happening in 2034.

— Tess Riski July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The move suggests Beijing is expanding its long-range strike capability across a much larger fleet instead of limiting it to a few advanced vessels.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

Definition of much

Adverb

Seventeen-year-old Bria spends her days working at her family’s inn and wishing her magical Gift weren’t utterly useless.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Conversely, the hard-right wing of the party remains utterly unanchored from this reality.

— Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of utterly

Adverb

The owner, who Koopmans says has a much bigger yacht and is tremendously experienced on the water, plans to operate the Zeelander 5 without a crew.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026
Kauai, a rural island of 70,000 people, is tremendously insular and interconnected.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of tremendously

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