An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SIGNIFICANTLY
significantly
(adverb) in a significant manner; “our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts”
importantly, significantly
(adverb) in an important way or to an important degree; “more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself”
significantly
(adverb) in a statistically significant way; “the two groups differed significantly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
significantly (not comparable)
In a significant manner or to a significant extent.
Synonyms
• way
Source: Wiktionary
Sig*nif"i*cant*ly, adv.
Definition: In a significant manner.
SIGNIFICANT
Sig*nif"i*cant, a. Etym: [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify.]
1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look. It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event. Significant figures (Arith.), the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25.
Sig*nif"i*cant, n.
Definition: That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. Wordsworth. In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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