INSIGNIFICANTLY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

insignificantly

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Recent Examples of insignificantly If anything, this makes those insidious Fridays insignificantly safer than the state average for the period. — Mike McRae 08, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026 Lastly, but not at all insignificantly (as the project was his first breakthrough in the city), there’s the Condé Nast Cafeteria in Times Square. — Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026 While these might seem insignificantly small compared to the average density, gravitation causes the overdense regions to grow and attract matter into them over time, while the underdense regions similarly give up their matter to their more dense surroundings. — Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026

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When a piece of plastic breaks down into microscopically small components, its total surface area goes up exponentially.

— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The only natural safeguard your body has against UV light is a microscopically thin layer of a pigment called melanin in your epidermis.

— Guy German, The Conversation, 18 June 2026

Definition of microscopically

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Apple is quite proud of this development, showing me in great detail the many minutely thin layers of the PROLED XDR screen in a behind-closed-doors demonstration.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
Your own search will factor into this list, reorienting its order, however minutely.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of minutely

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Anyone who has worked with fresh pasta knows the line between al dente and flabby noodles is infinitesimally fine.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The company used this speed advantage (and, later, similar ones) to profit from infinitesimally brief pricing differences between exchanges, all while fulfilling clients’ orders to buy and sell on those exchanges.

— Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of infinitesimally

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Even on a recent visit that fell over a spring break week, the place barely felt crowded, whether on the beach, by the 120-foot-long pool, or at the three open-air restaurants.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
Among the shades worth knowing are Icing, a milky pink that complements the barely-there makeup aesthetic, and Cristal, a shimmering pink for those who prefer a little sparkle.

— Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of barely

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Botox 101 Botulinum toxin injections, like Botox, are the most common minimally invasive cosmetic procedure performed in the United States, accounting for about half of the total.

— Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Always opt for the most minimally invasive seed-sowing methods to reduce damage to the tree.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of minimally

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Data may appear to travel invisibly between screens, but much of it depends on glass fibers manufactured in specialized facilities, assembled into pressure-resistant cables, tested on land, and laid across the ocean floor.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Most neutrinos pass invisibly through IceCube, but by chance a few of them will smash into a proton or neutron in the ice, releasing a shower of high-energy electrons, photons and other particles the detectors can see.

— Tyce DeYoung, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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