Synonyms of marginally

marginally

adverb

as in slightly

by a very small margin

the team lost another game, but at least they performed marginally better this time out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slightly
• barely
• narrowly
• just
• somewhat
• almost
• scarcely
• hardly
• nearly
• minimally
• by the skin of one's teeth
• minutely
• closely
• partly
• approximately
• roughly
• scantly
• more or less
• plus or minus

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• significantly
• substantially
• considerably
• well
• vastly
• quite
• easily
• definitely
• positively
• plainly
• completely
• fully
• greatly
• unquestionably
• abundantly
• generously
• copiously

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of marginally

The benchmark falls marginally on average between August and the end of October, data from Bank of America shows. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 24 July 2026

By Sunday, the most dangerous conditions will likely be in Minnesota and Wisconsin, with pockets of marginally unhealthy locations in the mountainous regions of the Mid-Atlantic. — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

The Sacramento Homeless Union, a local of the California Homeless Union, represents 4,600 homeless, formerly homeless and marginally-housed people in the Sacramento area, the suit said. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

Anybody who’s marginally familiar with Intocable knows that you guys don’t make music in order to get awards. — Ernesto Lechner, Variety, 16 July 2026

Even the controversial inclusion of leading scorer Folarin Balogun, who started and was only marginally effective, couldn’t save them. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Forecasters don’t see early warning signs for severe weather, but a few storms could be marginally severe, with heavy rain and strong winds as the main concerns. — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

At the same time, the purity of cocaine has risen marginally since September, the month of the first strike, according to data shared with me by the Street Drug Analysis Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. — Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Nearly one-third of England’s goal attempts have been from dead-ball situations, the fifth-highest proportion at the tournament, though only marginally more than Argentina and the Netherlands. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 30 June 2026