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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

In the state of matter.

I do not mean that anything is separable from a body by fire that was not

materially

preexistent in it.

Boyle.

In its essence; substantially.

An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil . . . an act in itself

materially

good.

South.

In an important manner or degree; essentially;

as, it

materially

concerns us to know the real motives of our actions

adv.

In the state of matter.

Not formally; substantially.

An ill intention may spoil an act materially good.

In an important manner or degree; essentially. It materially concerns us to know the real motives of our actions.

materially ‎(comparative more materially, superlative most materially)

In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
- 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
  Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.
To a significant degree.
- 1839, Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library
  In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress.