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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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