Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MA-TE'RI-AL-LY
MA-TE'RI-AL-IZ-INGMA-TE'RI-AL-NESS
MA-TE'RI-AL-LY, adv.
- In the state of matter. Boyle.
- Not formally; substantially. An ill intention may spoil an act materially good. South.
- In an important manner or degree; essentially. It materially concerns us to know the real motives of our actions.
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