2 definitions found
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 1.6 [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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