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vanishingly


van·ish·ing·ly

adverb \ˈva-ni-shiŋ-lē\

—used to say that something is so small that it almost does not exist at all

Full Definition of VANISHINGLY

:  so as to be almost nonexistent or invisible <the difference is vanishingly small>
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1870

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