MEANINGFULLY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

meaningfully

adverb

Definition of meaningfully

as in sensibly

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Recent Examples of meaningfully And the days are coming when AI is meaningfully involved in clinical care, beyond just transcribing our own words, and the follow-up recommendation deviates from the standard of care. — Frances Mei Hardin, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026 The result, Leaf added, is that Middle Eastern governments often struggle to understand US intentions or find officials who can meaningfully respond to their concerns. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026 In May 2025, the president discussed signing a new executive order that gives the manufacturers of prescription drugs 30 days to meaningfully lower the cost of their medications. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 The firm, led by founder and CEO Shakti C’Ganti, reports that the approach has produced renewal rates and renewal trade-outs that differ meaningfully from what the firm is seeing on new leases. — Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 The two approaches produce meaningfully different results in terms of headcount growth relative to revenue growth. — Arthur Mouratov, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Winner of the Harvey Goldberg Memorial Award, which is provided to a project that meaningfully expands the public’s understanding of Jewish life. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026 Not to mention meaningfully increase their chances of winning a three-game wild card series against Philadelphia. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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Adverb

Everybody is behaving sensibly inside a structure that punishes sense.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 29 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

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More relevantly, the fine is not going to hurt them to any real degree.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of relevantly

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More pertinently, Newcastle’s largesse has tapered even as Premier League clubs are spending ever more.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Aug. 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

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Others parties to the case include the Institute for Race Relations, which argues the law does not adequately protect land owners' property rights and the Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Staying adequately hydrated is absolutely essential to any successful travel day, and both T+L editors and Amazon shoppers approve of the Owala FreeSip Insulated Stainless Steel Water Bottle to assist in this endeavor.

— Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of adequately

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Rigney and Gere play this back-and-forth perfectly, the instantly emerging tension between them barely concealed behind tight smiles.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
The 13-inch Apple iPad Air with the M3 chip won our Editors' Choice award specifically for students and creators, and PCMag expert Eric Zeman praised it for perfectly balancing performance and price in our review.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of perfectly

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Critics during the state’s legislative session framed the sales tax holiday as an election-year political move that would not sufficiently ease the burden of taxes on families in the longer term.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
The watchdog system identifies when an AI approaches situations that have not been sufficiently verified, allowing control to shift to backup systems.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of sufficiently

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Given that the Touch Bar is no more, this stumbling block was never satisfactorily overcome.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
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

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