negligibly

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negligibly

  • /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbli/
  • /ˈnɛɡləd͡ʒəbli/

adverb

  1. not comparable To a degree that is negligible; so small or slight that it may be ignored. Thus if the spherical surface beings are living on a planet of which the solar system occupies only a negligibly small part of the spherical universe, they have no means of determining whether they are living in a finite or in an infinite universe.

    Similar: insignificantly

Opposite: importantly, significantly

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Opposite: importantly, significantly

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@misc{negligibly_2026,
  title = {negligibly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/negligibly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}