meaningfully
adverb
uk/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl.i/us/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl.i/meaningfullyadverb(WITH MEANING)
in a way that isintendedtoexpressafeelingorthoughtwithout saying itdirectly:
意味深长的Shetiltedherheadmeaningfully towards him.她意味深长地把头偏向他。
in a way that hasmeaningand makessense:
富有意义的Someformsofdementiacanrenderapatientunabletocommunicatemeaningfully.某些形式的痴呆症会使病人无法进行有意义的交流。
- Sheglancedmeaningfully at her threeyoungersisters.
- You could alwayscounton a goodpoemto make themcryorsighmeaningfully.
- Thepassagesofhistoricalexpositionneed to bespokenslowlyand more meaningfully.
Meaning & significance
- add
- add up tosomething
- backspin
- be a badge ofsomethingidiom
- connotate
- connotation
- i.e.
- locution
- locutionary
- mean
- meaningfulness
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- purport
- sense
- significant
- signification
- signify
- speak
- subtext
meaningfullyadverb(SERIOUSLY)
in auseful,seriousorimportantway:
In otherrespects, newpracticesmay notdiffermeaningfully from theold.
See
meaningful
- For thefans, it hasmeanthigh andincreasingticketprices, and thestatusquohasmeantteamscannot meaningfullycompete.
- Theideais that thesestateemployeesmust meaningfullyengagein thetraining.
- Allpartiesgainmeaningfully in thiscarefullycraftedsettlement.
- Reducingouroildependencymeaningfully,requiresradicallyimprovingtheefficiencyofourvehicles.
- Hefailedtoparticipatemeaningfully in thelegislativeprocess.
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- at all cost(s)idiom
- be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
- chief
- clutch
- co-principal
- life-and-death
- life-changing
- mainly
- major league
- make the world go around/roundidiom
- meaningful
- pressing
- prominent
- radical
- revalorization
- revalorize
- sacred
- salient
- subtle
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Useful or advantageous