minorly

adverb

mi·​nor·​ly ˈmī-nər-lē 

: in a minor way : marginally, slightly

… she became minorly famous back home for confessional diary items penned for The Daily Telegraph about the life of a young, single woman in Manhattan.

—Vit Wagner, Toronto Star, 3 Mar. 2009

minorly injured

The American Embassy was not so much heavily guarded as minorly fortified …

—Tom Clancy, Patriot Games, 1987

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

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