"meaningfully" meaning in All languages combined

See meaningfully on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-meaningfully.wav [US] Forms: more meaningfully [comparative], most meaningfully [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English meaningful Middle English -ly English -ly English meaningfully From meaningful + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|meaningful|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English meaningful Middle English -ly English -ly English meaningfully [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "meaningfully", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="meaningfully"> From meaningful + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} meaningfully (comparative more meaningfully, superlative most meaningfully)
  1. In a meaningful or significant manner.
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