# significantly

Pronunciation: say "sig-NIF-i-kuhnt-lee" /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntli/

## Adverb

1. In a meaningful or notable manner, or to a large and important degree.
   - Simple: By a large or important amount, or in a way that clearly means something.
   - _The new policy significantly reduced traffic in the city center._
   - _He paused significantly before answering, and everyone leaned in._
2. In statistics, in a way that a statistical test shows is unlikely to be the result of chance alone.
   - Simple: In science, in a way that tests on the numbers show is probably not just chance.
   - _Patients on the new drug recovered significantly faster than those given a placebo (p < 0.01)._
   - _Once family income was controlled for, test scores did not differ significantly between the two districts._

## Origin

Formed from "significant" combined with the suffix "-ly".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/significantly (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).