insignificantly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insignificantly
Adverb
  • By microscopically studying Bennu, researchers have also been able to find that the asteroid's geology has changed over the years due to interactions with water and ice.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • In other hands, this would cue a standard disease-of-the-week weepie, but Coixet keeps the tone lightly wistful and wise, and trains her attention ever more minutely on Rohrwacher, who along with her character, seems to blossom gradually under this steady gaze.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The title may have the tang of a prog-rock album, but the book is witty, minutely detailed, and braced by common sense—a welcome gift in an often obsessive environment.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Each loop is then placed in an infinitesimally tiny well in a microchip, which can have 25 million of those wells.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
  • These ultra-sensitive sensors can detect infinitesimally small traces of magnetic and gravitational signals from within the earth.
    Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Engaging with books concerned with ambivalence and uncertainty are, almost imperceptibly, a way of remaining ourselves.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Use a milk frother to blend it imperceptibly in your drink and add a dash of your favorite natural sweetener.
    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Plus, Jeff soon regains his memory, and after realizing he’s now forced to be a working stiff barely keeping his head above water, he’s pissed.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Front row at the Dior spring 2026 show in Paris, a few weeks later, her layers were prominent; the short ends just barely brushing her oversize sunglasses.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The study showed how such a system could deliver precise, minimally invasive repair inside living organisms.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Nalu Medical developed the Nalu Neurostimulation System to address chronic pain in a minimally invasive fashion.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • One that invisibly connects us, near or far.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • For the first time, the watchmaker has invisibly set diamonds, giving the illusion that the stones are floating above select columns.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • At Wembley the previous March, Newcastle fans had won the weekend in London, turning Trafalgar Square into a boozy tableau of black-and-white mayhem, but the team had scarcely turned up for their Carabao Cup final against Manchester United.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But McCormick’s family said the man could scarcely write.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Insignificantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insignificantly. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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