minimally

adverb

Definition of minimallynext
as in slightly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimally
  1. barely
  2. minutely
  3. somewhat
  4. scarcely
  5. almost
Adverb
  • That’s barely enough time to scratch the surface of this great European capital, with its world-class museums and cosmopolitan glamor.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Balfe did find the formality of the vows, which Claire can barely muster enough strength to verbalize as commanded, to be especially painful.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of barely
Adverb
  • The movie's pace picks up again as a new set of volunteers and paid professionals dig — using rigid standards and minutely recording their progress so that scientists around the world would accept the findings — under the Clovis levels, nine feet below the surface of the land.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Shards of caribou bones and antlers lie on the tundra as ghostly business cards of a bygone migration, greened with mold, and minutely chiseled and mined for calcium by tiny vole teeth.
    Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of minutely
Adverb
  • The first of those interceptions came from a somewhat unexpected place with the Steelers trailing 7-3 early in the second quarter.
    Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Temple’s centennial is dampened somewhat by the condition of its renowned E.M. Skinner organ, also turning 100.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of somewhat
Adverb
  • One was Barbara Hemphill, a D.C. housewife whose husband’s job, at a nonprofit, scarcely covered the costs of raising three children.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Duke of Sussex is himself scarcely in the five-part series as the couple take a step back from front-of-camera roles.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of scarcely
Adverb
  • David Ellison conquers the mountain The deal almost fell apart, but after so much wrangling, Paramount Global will soon have a new chief: David Ellison, the son of Oracle Corp. billionaire Larry Ellison.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Its gold edges add an accent color that will pop out against your dinner table in a way that almost mirrors a decorative charger.
    Sandra S. Soria, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of almost
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