‘Substantially’ just means considerable.
Anderson ’20 [Barry; April 1; Justice on the Supreme Court of Minnesota; Westlaw, State v. Culver, 941 N.W.2d 134]
Because the adverb “substantially” is defined as “in a substantial manner; so as to be substantial,” Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged 2280, we look to the meaning of the word “substantial.”5 The parties agree that the word “substantial” should be interpreted in light of its common and accepted usage because the word is not defined in Minn. Stat. § 609.26. They also agree that the common and accepted usage of the word “substantial” is “[c]onsiderable in importance, value, degree, amount or extent.” This definition from The American Heritage Dictionary is the same definition used by the court of the appeals in its opinion. Culver, 2018 WL 6837735, at *1. Based on the parties’ agreement and our independent consideration of the common and accepted usage of the word “substantial,” we conclude that Minn. Stat. § 609.26, subd. 1(3), requires a deprivation of parental rights that is “[c]onsiderable in importance, value, degree, amount or extent.”