Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
with respect to material aspects;
- Example: "psychologically similar but materially different"2.
to a significant degree;
- Example: "it aided him materially in winning the argument"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Materially \Ma*te"ri*al*ly\, adv.
1. In the state of matter.
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I do not mean that anything is separable from a body
by fire that was not materially preexistent in it.
--Boyle.
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2. In its essence; substantially.
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An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil .
. . an act in itself materially good. --South.
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3. In an important manner or degree; essentially; as, it
materially concerns us to know the real motives of our
actions.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
materially
adv 1: with respect to material aspects; "psychologically
similar but materially different"
2: to a significant degree; "it aided him materially in winning
the argument"