as in slightly
by a very small margin
the team lost another game, but at least they performed marginally better this time out
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barely
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And while that should be central to conversations about tourism, it has barely been mentioned.—
Wilson Santiago Burgos,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025 -
Breakthrough technologies—such as real-time watershed monitoring or nutrient and plastic pollution control, to name a few—barely register with investors.—
Eyal Harel,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Marginally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marginally. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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