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/səbstˈæntʃəl/ /səbstˈænʃəl/ Listen

adjective

Substantial adj.

Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life. "If this atheist would have his chance to be real and substantial agent, he is more stupid than the vulgar."

Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable. "If happinessbe a substantial good." "The substantial ornaments of virtue."

Corporeal; material; firm. "Most ponderous and substantial things." "The rainbow (appears to be) a large substantial arch."

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.

Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder. "Substantial yeomen and burghers."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Substantial" Quotes from Famous Books

... The shore, solid, substantial, a great deal more than eighteen hundred years old, is natural humanity. The beach which the ocean of knowledge—you may call it science if you like—is flowing over, is theological humanity. Somewhere between the Sermon on the Mount and the teachings ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... men, and intended for their use in trading and fishing. Standish's first visit was to her, and much to his surprise he found her both undefended and deserted. Landing with four of his men he next proceeded to the plantation, as it was called, where some ten or twelve substantial buildings surrounded with a stockade established a very defensible position, but here again neglect and suicidal folly stared him in ...

— Standish of Standish - A story of the Pilgrims • Jane G. Austin

... of not more than 2l. each, and ten machines for reeling, at thirty shillings each, which he says could be made better than those at Savannah for 3l.; they also sent them ten basins, and the good Germans felt the impulse of this substantial encouragement. In 1750, though the people in other parts of the colony mostly relinquished the silk culture, the inhabitants of Ebenezer continued vigorously employed and interested in it. On the 2d ...

— Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe • Thaddeus Mason Harris

... hour appointed for breakfast. This is a substantial meal and appears to be breakfast, dinner, and supper rolled into one. Every item of food is served as a separate course, of which there are more than fourteen different 'fuentes,' or dishes, on the table. A plate ...

— The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba • Walter Goodman

... below his chest. Moulder and Snengkeld were congenial spirits; but the latter, though the older man, was not endowed with so large a volume of body or so highly dominant a spirit. Brown Brothers, of Snow Hill, were substantial people, and Mr. Snengkeld travelled in strict accordance with the good old rules of trade ...

— Orley Farm • Anthony Trollope

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