CONSIDERABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does considerably mean? 

• CONSIDERABLY (adverb)
  The adverb CONSIDERABLY has 1 sense:

1. to a great extent or degree

  Familiarity information: CONSIDERABLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSIDERABLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a great extent or degree

Synonyms:

considerably; substantially; well

Context example:

the price went up substantially

Pertainym:

considerable (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree)

 Context examples 

Money will be saved, and money will be spent, but in the end, you will get your finances reorganized in a way that will leave you considerably richer.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I am happy to say, Miss Wickfield, pursued Traddles, at once with great delicacy and with great earnestness, that in your absence Mr. Wickfield has considerably improved.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"He is considerably cracked in his head, and that makes him foolish."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

For a long time all went well; they lived in great comfort, and prospered so far as to be able to add considerably to their stores.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Microalgae have a productivity rate considerably higher than that of soybeans and sugarcane.

(Petrobras considers producing biodiesel from microalgae, Agência Brasil)

Mr. Overton was evidently considerably excited when he sent it, and somewhat incoherent in consequence.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For some time back Mawson & Williams, the famous financial house, have been the guardians of securities which amount in the aggregate to a sum of considerably over a million sterling.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Colonel Fitzwilliam's manners were very much admired at the Parsonage, and the ladies all felt that he must add considerably to the pleasures of their engagements at Rosings.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Good heavens!” I cried, “this is a terrible injury. It must have bled considerably.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When I read to Mina, Van Helsing's message in the phonograph, the poor girl brightened up considerably.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)