adverb · academic
Significantly
/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntli/sig·NIF·i·cant·ly
to a large or important degree; used to describe meaningful changes or differences
Examples
“Significantly, attendance improved after the new programme was introduced.”
“The results differ significantly between urban and rural students.”
“Use 'significantly' when you want to stress the size or importance of a change.”
Band 8 sentence
“Significantly, longitudinal studies reveal that early language exposure predicts later academic achievement.”
Collocations
- significantly + reduced/increased
- significantly + different/greater
Word family
Common mistakes
This significantly is important.→This is significant.
The score improved significantlyly.→The score improved significantly.
Say it for a higher band
5a lot→6considerably→7+Significantly
Synonyms
considerably
Easily confused
Considerably
“The temperature decreased considerably overnight.”
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