meaningfully

adverb

Definition of meaningfullynext
as in sensibly

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Recent Examples of meaningfully The deal was therefore unlikely to meaningfully strengthen Russia's war finances, Aleksashenko said. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026 In practice, that means defaults can differ meaningfully between full-service and select-service properties within the same loyalty portfolio. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 Gilbert described that assignment as a casual acquaintance asking his father to voice a cartoon, without Danny meaningfully appreciating the companies involved. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 Repair typically requires specialist surgeons to manually suture the nerve ends with a needle, but patients risk suffering further nerve trauma and often don’t meaningfully recover, says Tissium co-founder Maria Pereira. — Dominque Mosbergen, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 In a standard-sized, relatively flat yard, a few small swales, scattered around, can meaningfully slow down water. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The firing of three AI safety researchers at OpenAI is prompting broader questions about whether the big AI labs can meaningfully regulate themselves. — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2026 Governance cannot meaningfully extend to data that remains poorly understood or accessible under outdated permissions. — Nick Burling, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Expressed meaningfully, gratitude can have positive effects on our mental and physical health. — Clare Marie Schneider, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningfully
  1. sensibly
  2. relevantly
  3. pertinently
  4. adequately
  5. perfectly
  6. sufficiently
  7. satisfactorily
Adverb
  • My favorite picture in the book finds a sensibly blue Subaru station wagon that has somehow turned on its side in the middle of the night.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Given the limited floorspace, Tiny Tect Tiny Houses has sensibly kept the interior layout quite simple.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of sensibly
Adverb
  • More relevantly, the fine is not going to hurt them to any real degree.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • If the answer to that question is no, or more relevantly, not soon enough to satisfy investors’ expectations about the future, then the fallout in global equities could be brutal.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
Definition of relevantly
Adverb
  • And, perhaps most pertinently, can football learn anything from this?
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The framing device recalls classic stage-to-screen thrillers such as Sleuth and, more pertinently, Death Trap, both being one-location cat-and-mouse thrillers in which the power balance constantly changes.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pertinently
Adverb
  • Seldom does the theatre adequately address the topic of enemas.
    — Henry Alford, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • People can’t always plan adequately for the next earthquake, hurricane or natural disaster.
    — Annie Nova, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of adequately
Adverb
  • Rising fuel costs, discontent with the state of schools, declining public services and a housing crisis have created perfectly stormy weather for an autumn of protests in Europe.
    — Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • This process, which generates perfectly crystalline silicon ingots to be sliced like fragile metallic salamis into thin wafers, is entrusted largely to one firm in Taiwan and two in Japan.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of perfectly
Adverb
  • Under sufficiently intense illumination, this emission can stimulate other excited copper atoms to release X-rays traveling in the same direction.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Intelligence, in this formulation, is maintained through nature’s continuing coherence; not added after matter becomes sufficiently complicated.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of sufficiently
Adverb
  • Given that the Touch Bar is no more, this stumbling block was never satisfactorily overcome.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The one question that was asked repeatedly, but was never satisfactorily answered, was why the Linwood store had been chosen for the turnover.
    — Eric Adler July 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Definition of satisfactorily

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“Meaningfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningfully. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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