vanishingly

adverb

van·​ish·​ing·​ly ˈva-ni-shiŋ-lē 

: so as to be almost nonexistent or invisible

the difference is vanishingly small

Examples of vanishingly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Olise has no major commercial deals, which is both vanishingly rare and incredibly cool. — New York Times, 10 June 2026

The statistical odds of being struck by a meteorite are vanishingly small. — Shawn Laatsch, The Conversation, 15 June 2026

But vanishingly few searches actually described the items as fake or fictional. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 18 June 2026

The short answer is that evolution runs on a clock calibrated to geological time, and human lifespans are vanishingly small ticks on that clock. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above