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materially

 adverb
     
ma‧te‧ri‧al‧ly
1 formal in a big enough or strong enough way to change a situation:
This would materially affect US security.
2 [sentence adverb] in relation to possessions and money, rather than the needs of a person's mind or soul [≠ spiritually]:
Materially, we are better off than ever before.
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