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CONSIDERABLY

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 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a great extent or degree

Example:

the price went up substantially

Synonyms:

considerably; substantially; well

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

considerable (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree)

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 Context examples: 

Over time, global climates have cooled considerably, and the ancestors of modern turacos gradually shifted their range to more suitable areas.

(Past climate change pushed birds from the northern hemisphere to the tropics, University of Cambridge)

Grasslands also varied considerably over the study period.

(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)

“Did she know?—had she heard any thing about her, since their being at Randalls?—he felt much anxiety—he must confess that the nature of her complaint alarmed him considerably.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

In the mean time I worked on, and my labour was already considerably advanced.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Aldgate, where the body was found, is considerably past the station London Bridge, which would be his route to Woolwich.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The youth had now journeyed considerably beyond the furthest domains of the Abbey.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Miss Crawford was silenced, and with some feelings of resentment and mortification, moved her chair considerably nearer the tea-table, and gave all her attention to Mrs. Norris, who was presiding there.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The consensus sequence for this high-affinity androgen receptor-binding is the palindromic sequence GGT/AACAnnnTGTTCT, though could deviate considerably in natural promoter sequences.

(Androgen Response Element, NCI Thesaurus)

Plasma levels obtained via endotracheal administration are considerably less than those obtained with an equal dosage administered intravenously or intraosseously.

(Endotracheal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Since my last return I find the breed is considerably increased, especially the sheep, which I hope will prove much to the advantage of the woollen manufacture, by the fineness of the fleeces.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)