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Etymology

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From appreciable +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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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, published 1965, →OCLC, page 122:
      His fervour tempered her resistance appreciably.
    • 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.

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