SUBSTANTIALLY Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

substantially

adverb

Definition of substantially next

as in mostly

for the most part the Little House books are substantially based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Recent Examples of substantially For now, the Supreme Court ruling has effectively installed a strict near-term ceiling on trade barriers, substantially neutralizing the threat of runaway tariff escalation. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026 However, the falloff slowed substantially last year when sales of DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K Ultra HD declined just 9%, according to the trade association Digital Entertainment Group. —

Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026 Skin care, which currently sees a limited offering in Europe, will be scaled up substantially. —

Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026 In Illinois, school districts are substantially funded by property taxes. —

Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026 According to the organization, many recruits were promised civilian jobs with substantially higher salaries than in their home countries but were later compelled to sign military contracts written in Russian without translation. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026 The implication is that art should be a safe space, divested of surprise or shock, into which folk can enter with the polite reassurance that their daily journey through the world will not be substantially disrupted. —

Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 Spurs wing Carter Bryant also entered the rotation more substantially recently. —

Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 Still, rates right now remain competitive, and they're not expected to drop substantially anytime soon, allowing savers to establish an approximate idea of their future earnings. —

Matt Richardson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

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Jones, a 61-year-old permanent resident originally from Nashville, said the magazine's readers are mostly American and Canadian tourists who flock to Puerto Vallarta, which has long been a global LGBTQ+ tourist hub.

— Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Eco effort Like most places in this wildfire-prone part of the state, landscaping is kept to mostly native or drought-tolerant plants that don’t require a huge amount of water.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026