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nominally

/ˈnɒmɪnəli/ UK
/ˈnɑmɪnəli/ US

adverb

not comparable In a nominal manner; in name only. Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis).
not comparable Slightly.
not comparable As a noun. In Mauritanian Hassaniya, forms like lil-i can function nominally ('mine'), and accordingly have FeSg and Pl variants (lil-t-i, lwaayl-i), see DHF l.lxxv.

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Closest in meaning: theoretically, conceptually, notionally, principle, essentially, hypothetically, formally, supposedly, presumably, technically, conceivably, normally, explicitly, ideally, allegedly, minimally

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@misc{nominally_2026,
  title = {nominally},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nominally},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}