Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ change or difference is very obvious and easily noticed.
There has been a ~ increase in crimes against property...
He was a man of austere habits, in ~ contrast to his more flamboyant wife...
ADJ
~ly
America’s current economic downturn is ~ly different from previous recessions...
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v
2.
If you describe someone as a ~ man or woman, you mean that they are in danger from someone who wants to harm or kill them.
All he needs to do is make one phone call and I’m a ~ man.
ADJ: ADJ n