Significantly means having consequence
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significant
[sig-nif-i-kuh nt]
adjective
1. important; of consequence.
2. having or expressing a meaning; indicative; suggestive:
a significant wink.
3. Statistics. of or relating to observations that are unlikely to occur by chance and that therefore indicate a systematic cause.
noun
4. something significant; a sign.
Origin of significant Expand
Latin
1570-15801570-80; < Latin significant- (stem of significāns), present participle of significāre to signify; see -ant
Related forms Expand
significantly, adverb
nonsignificant, adjective
nonsignificantly, adverb
supersignificant, adjective
supersignificantly, adverb
Synonyms Expand
1. consequential, momentous, weighty. 2. See expressive.