Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUB-STAN'TIAL-LY
SUB-STAN'TIAL-IZ-INGSUB-STAN'TIAL-NESS
SUB-STAN'TIAL-LY, adv.
- In the manner of a substance; with reality of existence. In him his Father shone, substantially express'd. – Milton.
- Strongly; solidly. – Clarendon.
- Truly; solidly; really. The laws of this religion would make men, if they would truly observe them, substantially religious toward God, chaste and temperate. – Tillotson.
- In substance; in the main; essentially. This answer substantially the same as that before given.
- With competent goods or estate.
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