substantial
/səbˈstænʃəl/ adjective B1- Having a substance; actually existing. · substantial life
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm. · substantial cloth· a substantial fence or wall
- Addressing the substance of an injury · Substantial damages (i.e. damages set at a level that exactly covers the plaintiff's losses; synonym: compensatory damgages)
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy. · a substantial freeholder
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant. · He inherited a substantial amount of money from his uncle.· A substantial number of people went to the event.
- Most important; essential.
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The keeper was so stupefied at this scene that he took Andrea by the hands and began examining his person, attributing the sudden submission of the inmates of the Lions’ Den to something more substantial than mere fascination.
Rachel deposited her substantial person upon the stone bench by the door, behind which grew a row of tall pink and yellow hollyhocks, with a long breath of mingled weariness and relief.
“All this she must possess,” added Darcy; “and to all she must yet add something more substantial in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.”
She could see him instantly before her, in every charm of air and address, but she could remember no more substantial good than the general approbation of the neighbourhood, and the regard which his social powers had gained him in the mess.
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