Definition for SUB-STAN'TIAL-LY

SUB-STAN'TIAL-LY, adv.

  1. In the manner of a substance; with reality of existence. In him his Father shone, substantially express'd. – Milton.
  2. Strongly; solidly. – Clarendon.
  3. 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.
  4. In substance; in the main; essentially. This answer substantially the same as that before given.
  5. With competent goods or estate.

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