significantly
/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a significant manner or to a significant extent.
Example Sentences
- "Irene's English significantly improved after taking a year out in Ireland."
- "The quality of life is significantly higher than it was twenty years ago."
- "It's the water that makes this area famous. […] That water is still being used to supply Blackford's two dominant industries, Tullibardine whisky distillery to the south of the village and, more significantly, Highland Spring Group's bottling plant to the north."
- "It’s commonly cited that undergraduates are significantly smarter than average, with IQs ranging from 115 to 130."
Etymology
Etymology tree English significant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English significantly From significant + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more significantly (comparative)
most significantly (superlative)