Hypertext Webster Gateway: "materially"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Materially \Ma*te"ri*al*ly\, adv.
1. In the state of matter.

I do not mean that anything is separable from a body
by fire that was not materially pre["e]xistent in
it. --Boyle.

2. In its essence; substantially.

An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil .
. . an act in itself materially good. --South.

3. In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it
materially concern us to know the real motives of our
actions.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

materially
adv 1: with respect to material aspects; "psychologically similar
but materially different"
2: to a significant degree; "it aided him materially in winning
the argument"

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