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marginally

/mahr-juh-nl-ee/US // ˈmɑr dʒə nl i //

稍微,略为,稍微有点,略微

Related Words

kind of样的,种,一种,一种的somewhat有些,有点,有点儿,有一些lightly轻轻地,轻轻的,轻而易举,轻而易举地hardly几乎没有,几乎没有什么,几乎没有任何,几乎没有人imperceptibly无形中,无形之中,不知不觉中,无形中使more or less或多或少,或多或少地,或多或少的,或多或少都有pretty漂亮,漂亮的,靓丽inappreciably难能可贵的是,难能可贵,不值得一提的是,不值一提的是inconsiderably不足为奇,不足为道,不足道,不多insignificantly微不足道的是,微不足道地,微不足道的,微不足道to some degree在一定程度上,在某种程度上,一定程度上,在某种程度上是

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : by a minimal, insignificant, or almost insufficient amount: This student routinely submits work of substandard or marginally acceptable quality.Pork exports in May were marginally higher compared with the previous year.
    • : at a barely adequate level: The shelter offers shower and laundry facilities for homeless and marginally housed adults.
    • : in the margin of a page: It is obvious that Jack London read these books, as they are marked, underlined, and marginally annotated.
    • : on the border of something: On the wings of butterflies, marginally located contrastive markings create false edges, helping to decrease detection by predators.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inslightly
Synonyms
kind of样的,种,一种,一种的lightly轻轻地,轻轻的,轻而易举,轻而易举地somewhat有些,有点,有点儿,有一些hardly几乎没有,几乎没有什么,几乎没有任何,几乎没有人hardly at all几乎没有,几乎没有任何,几乎没有什么,几乎没有任何的hardly noticeable几乎看不出来,不明显,几乎不引人注目imperceptibly无形中,无形之中,不知不觉中,无形中使inappreciably难能可贵的是,难能可贵,不值得一提的是,不值一提的是inconsiderably不足为奇,不足为道,不足道,不多insignificantly微不足道的是,微不足道地,微不足道的,微不足道more or less或多或少,或多或少地,或多或少的,或多或少都有on a small scale小规模,在小范围内,小规模的,小范围内pretty漂亮,漂亮的,靓丽scarcely any几乎没有,寥寥无几,几乎没有任何,几乎没有什么to some degree在一定程度上,在某种程度上,一定程度上,在某种程度上是to some extent在一定程度上,在某种程度上,一定程度上,在某种程度上是

Examples

  • If hitchhiking was marginal before the virus, now the idea of letting a stranger into the car seems utterly outlandish.

  • So my tax rate is pretty much the highest federal marginal rate.

  • What’s more, currently marginal use cases such as notifying you about nearby friends could become dominant.

  • There was also a marginal increase in particulate matter in 59 other counties without early shutdowns, but the findings were not conclusive.

  • For clarity, our simple analysis is different than the cost-per-vote metric used by some campaign strategists, which is the likelihood of changing an election outcome with a marginal vote.

  • Democrats faired marginally better in the study, ringing in at 31 percent.

  • Yet, Arkansas had been marginally healthier than the states surrounding it.

  • Those drugs cost around $5,000 a week but are only marginally effective.

  • There are other survivors who live in marginally better conditions.

  • Tempted by the second helping of cake, the only-marginally-reduced Jimmy Choos, or the bouncy intern who really “gets” you?

  • Wandering marginally through distinguished gatherings, I would catch the whispers: "That's Mr. Ponderevo!"

  • Such quotations of places to be marginally set down as shall serve for the fit reference of one Scripture to another.

  • The less useful (marginally viewed) is traded for the more useful.

  • He was chewing on an unlit cigarette, a disgusting habit that was only marginally less gross than smoking them.

  • Such Quotations of Places to be marginally set down, as shall serve for the fit reference of one Scripture to another.

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