MEANINGFULLY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

meaningfully

adverb

Definition of meaningfully

as in sensibly

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Recent Examples of meaningfully So far though, the prediction market insurgents have not meaningfully cut into sportsbook profits. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 July 2026 Medical students can complete their first two years, and sometimes more, without encountering a forensic pathologist or seeing the field meaningfully represented in their curriculum. — Gregory McDonald, STAT, 13 July 2026 At the time of writing, Brent crude is back up to $78 a barrel, meaningfully above its pre-war level of a little under $70. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 July 2026 Three of the five participants all women with late-onset Alzheimer’s showed meaningfully less decline than comparable patients pulled from major national databases. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026 There’s no way for users to meaningfully intervene with input and see an immediate result. — ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 Depending on the company and state, the average fees range from 15% to 25%, meaning that the percentage can swing meaningfully on a five-figure balance. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026 Ultimately, stepping into your customers' shoes can take you and your team a long way and meaningfully differentiate your company. — Austin Schutte, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Borrowing billions of dollars will neither reduce the costs of building new homes nor meaningfully expand the supply of housing. — Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 9 July 2026

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Adverb

Expansion opens white space faster than any single player can fill, and wider than any one would sensibly try to cover.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
William Saliba — France/Arsenal (position unchanged) Gave up almost nothing to his Arsenal team-mate Gyokeres as France nonchalantly dismissed Sweden, dominating in the air and on the floor while distributing the ball sensibly.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of sensibly

Adverb

If the answer to that question is no, or more relevantly, not soon enough to satisfy investors’ expectations about the future, then the fallout in global equities could be brutal.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
The Her Smell director (and, relevantly, former Kim’s Video clerk) fully taps into his dark side for this sadistic little number about a community terrorized by a child-abducting serial killer.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025

Definition of relevantly

Adverb

More pertinently, while improved forecasts are to be welcomed, United will still fall further behind several rivals this season in the earnings stakes, a natural byproduct of missing out on this season’s UEFA Champions League.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 27 May 2026
In the same way characters come and go, bulletins from the outside world pop up as backdrop, with references to The Balfour Declaration and, more pertinently, the upcoming Peel Commission, which, published the following year, would open the gates to partition.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of pertinently

Adverb

Year over year, the basin has experienced reduced supply, often combined with a string of very dry years, and the river system has never been able to adequately rebuild its supply.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 July 2026
The hospital said all units operated without issue, while nurses said the emergency department did not respond adequately to a woman suffering a medical emergency outside the hospital.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 10 July 2026

Definition of adequately

Adverb

The set up is fairly basic but perfectly presentable and for families, the functionality will be much more welcome than fancy tech, especially the small balcony/patio, dining table and kitchenette in the slightly larger rooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
So, how could a raccoon, an animal that evolved over hundreds of millions of years to adapt itself perfectly to swampy forests, find such runaway success living amid the most destructive and systematically ruthless species ever to exist?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of perfectly

Adverb

Everything from the environments to the tasks to the specific objects being manipulated can be carefully selected to show just what’s possible if all this could be sufficiently generalized—but that generalization is not yet proven.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Manzambi scored three goals and registered two assists in four games, but missed the Colombia penalty victory with a knock and did not recover sufficiently to face Argentina.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of sufficiently

Adverb

The one question that was asked repeatedly, but was never satisfactorily answered, was why the Linwood store had been chosen for the turnover.

— Eric Adler July 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
The big question with Ball is always health, and if that’s answered satisfactorily this coming season, Minnesota will be a force to contend with when factoring in the benefit for Edwards of having a legitimate playmaker alongside him.

— Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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