MINIMALLY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

minimally

adverb

Definition of minimally

as in slightly

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Recent Examples of minimally Autonomous navigation Transcatheter closure is a minimally invasive technique that repairs structural heart defects without open-heart surgery. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026 The only way to keep pushing forward was to have biweekly angioplasty surgery, a minimally invasive medical produce used to open blocked or narrowed heart arteries. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026 The underlying problem was an intestinal condition that doctors can fix with a routine, minimally invasive surgery, experts who reviewed Malone’s death records said. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026 Treatments range from minimally invasive procedures like Botox and laser therapy, to surgical interventions like chest masculinization and liposuction. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Once doctors identified the PFO, Meiklejohn underwent a minimally invasive procedure to close it. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 23 Aug. 2026 The format was long — some might say tedious — and tightened ever so minimally as Davis aged. — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026 The disease increasingly impacts non-smoking women, and current screening methods often detect small lung nodules that lack precise, minimally invasive treatment options. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Collingwood says rotisserie chicken is best described as minimally processed. — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimally

Adverb

With Elliot Anderson asked to be the fulcrum of the team, the Argentine midfielder took up the slightly wide-on-the-right midfield position that City have been working on this season.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The lights on the flanks had slightly different temperature profiles.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of slightly

Adverb

Visible, timely payments delivered through channels customers already trust, consistently outperform vague bill credits customers barely notice.

— Amber Mullaney, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The same minerals spotting your glasses and scaling your faucets could also be the reason your shampoo barely lathers or your hair has been feeling dull and stiff lately.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of barely

Adverb

Roman, however, can uniquely sift through Andromeda’s stars much more minutely because of its wider field of view.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Definition of minutely

Adverb

The home country is hostile, literally and culturally, so the characters often turn to America and England, places that are marginally safer but only just.

— Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Over the summer, Newcastle discovered there was a way to both marginally increase capacity — to meet at least a fraction of the insatiable demand for tickets — and also bring in additional revenue.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of marginally

Adverb

During his absence, the Senate passed through a bipartisan housing reform bill, narrowly blocked several war powers measures and squeezed through Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general in a 50-49 vote.

— Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
Bob Jenkins of Carefree narrowly missed the first deadly hit on 9/11.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of narrowly

Adverb

Parents of friends would give Flash records from their collections, scarcely aware of what transformations their dusty music would undergo.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Roman will spend more than a quarter of its planned five-year primary mission observing this 10,000-light-year-wide region, which is so sprawling and thick with stars that previous telescopes have scarcely probed its depths.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026

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