appreciably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English appreciable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English appreciably

From appreciable + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɹiːʃi.əbli/

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Adverb

appreciably (comparative more appreciably, superlative most appreciably)

1. In an appreciable manner; to a large extent; considerably.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 122:

     His fervour tempered her resistance appreciably.

   • 1958 August, “Closing of the Midland & Great Northern Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 525:

     The losses incurred on non-paying sectors of the network have in consequence been appreciably reduced.

   • 2021 September 6, Zack Handlen, “Rick And Morty ends its fifth season looking for an escape hatch”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     If there are infinite universes, of course there’d be infinite universes where Rick isn’t the smartest person around. But we’ve never seen Rick end up in a place where other people are appreciably smarter than him.

Translations

in an appreciable manner

• Catalan: apreciablement (ca)
• Finnish: havaittavasti
• French: appréciablement (fr)
• Italian: sensibilmente (it)
• Portuguese: apreciavelmente