- with respect to material aspects
"psychologically similar but materially different"

- to a significant degree
"it aided him materially in winning the argument"

1. In the state of matter.

"I do not mean that anything is separable from a body by fire that was not materially preëxistent in it." -- Boyle.

2. In its essence; substantially.

"An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil . . . an act in itself materially good." -- South.

3. In an important manner or degree; essentially; as, it materially concerns us to know the real motives of our actions.