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Definition of "marginally" []

  • In a marginal manner, or to a marginal extent; barely sufficiently; slightly (adverb)
  • In the margin of a book (adverb)

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Use "marginally" in a sentence
  • "He noted the hybrid Malibu only gets what he described as marginally better fuel economy and said that the price is more expensive."
  • "He spent two and a half years in the Navy, eventually given a general discharge under honorable conditions, following several minor infractions and an attitude which he describes as marginally insubordinate."
  • "But if you do, you can have enough respect for the rest of us to actually post a few concise arguments here, not just paste in marginally-to-not-at-all relevant links to long winded arguments you made elsewhere 10 years ago."
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