as in slightly
by a very small margin
the team lost another game, but at least they performed marginally better this time out
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Recent Examples of marginally
Back then, the Red Planet was regarded as marginally inhabitable.
—
New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
Denied an earlier assist when Joe Willock was marginally ruled offside, Ramsey swept home a precious winner.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Brendan McDermid | Reuters LONDON — European stocks closed marginally higher on Wednesday amid a slew of corporate earnings reports in the region.
—Hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Shrinkage For the first time in a long time, UnitedHealth Group is getting smaller, even if only marginally.
—Bob Herman, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
Plants that are marginally hardy in the climate where they are planted, or those that have been recently transplanted and therefore have shallow or inadequate root systems, are the most susceptible to winter burn.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2026
And all my years of studying China’s demographic trends lead me to believe that making contraceptives marginally more expensive will also have very little effect.
—Dudley L. Poston, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
And all my years of studying China’s demographic trends lead me to believe that making contraceptives marginally more expensive will also have very little effect.
—The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
At current world oil prices hovering around $60 per barrel or less, large investments in the Venezuelan oil fields would be marginally profitable at best.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
Denied an earlier assist when Joe Willock was marginally ruled offside, Ramsey swept home a precious winner.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Brendan McDermid | Reuters LONDON — European stocks closed marginally higher on Wednesday amid a slew of corporate earnings reports in the region.
—Hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Shrinkage For the first time in a long time, UnitedHealth Group is getting smaller, even if only marginally.
—Bob Herman, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
Plants that are marginally hardy in the climate where they are planted, or those that have been recently transplanted and therefore have shallow or inadequate root systems, are the most susceptible to winter burn.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2026
And all my years of studying China’s demographic trends lead me to believe that making contraceptives marginally more expensive will also have very little effect.
—Dudley L. Poston, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
And all my years of studying China’s demographic trends lead me to believe that making contraceptives marginally more expensive will also have very little effect.
—The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
At current world oil prices hovering around $60 per barrel or less, large investments in the Venezuelan oil fields would be marginally profitable at best.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marginally
Adverb
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Once this economic leveling is accomplished, homestead exemptions can be reduced slightly.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Hudsonian whimbrels, to be exact, shorebirds about the size of crows with long, thin, slightly curved beaks.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Her neighbors live within easy walking distance but their homes are barely visible, one to the next, because of folds in the hills and the density of trees and cacti.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Most notable is the addition of an interchangeable dual-lace wrap, which sweeps from the barely there midsole and finishes with a bow atop the standard shoelaces.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Marginally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marginally. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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