appreciable
adjective /əˈpriː.ʃə.bl̩/Definition
› If an amount or change is appreciable, it is large or noticeable enough to have an important effect: There has been an appreciable drop in the number of unemployed since the new government came to power.Big and quite bigEnormous appreciably /-bli/ adverb › Her health has improved appreciably since she changed her treatment.Large in number or quantity
(Definition of appreciable adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- baronial adjective
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