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

Nonpartisan research has consistently found noncitizen voting is vanishingly rare. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

In other words, there is a vanishingly small chance that the top bananas at Callaway or Good Good so much as cast a glance at the spot in question before it was released into the wild. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026

For Jódar, winning a major as a teenager in the men’s game is now vanishingly rare. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

The opportunities for a white woman were slender in the early 20th century, but those for a Black woman were vanishingly small. — Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above