Definition of minorly
: in a minor way : marginally, slightly … she became minorly famous back home for confessional diary items penned for The Daily Telegraph about the life of a young, single woman in Manhattan.— Vit Wagner, Toronto Star, 3 Mar. 2009 minorly injured The American Embassy was not so much heavily guarded as minorly fortified …— Tom Clancy, Patriot Games, 1987
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The first known use of minorly was in 1840
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