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marginally
[ mahr-juh-nl-ee ]
adverb
- by a minimal, insignificant, or almost insufficient amount:
This student routinely submits work of substandard or marginally acceptable quality.
Pork exports in May were marginally higher compared with the previous year.
- at a barely adequate level:
The shelter offers shower and laundry facilities for homeless and marginally housed adults.
- in the margin of a page:
It is obvious that Jack London read these books, as they are marked, underlined, and marginally annotated.
- on the border of something:
On the wings of butterflies, marginally located contrastive markings create false edges, helping to decrease detection by predators.
Other Word Forms
- ····· adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marginally1
Example Sentences
The Coalition's focus on reducing immigration, meanwhile, will only make housing marginally cheaper while making Australia poorer in the long-term, according to Mr Coates.
His chain’s revenue is still ahead of last year but only “marginally.”
On paper Arsenal may have the marginally easier run-in but they have been rocked this week with the news striker Kai Havertz could be out for the season.
The rate cut could lead to marginally lower mortgage and credit card interest rates as well as cheaper borrowing costs for companies.
Politics at Westminster feels much more competitive than the numbers suggest it should: Labour's mountainous majority means they will rarely feel even a marginally quickened pulse when it comes to Commons votes.
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