materially

Etymology

From Middle English materialy; equivalent to material + -ly.

adv

1. In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
   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. 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
2. To a significant degree.
   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. 1839, Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library