as in slightly
in a very small quantity or degree
this box is negligibly bigger than the other one, but it's such a slight difference I don't think it matters
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Recent Examples of negligibly
Chicken farming contributes non-negligibly to Earth’s greenhouse gas emissions, albeit less so than the beef and lamb industries.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The Moon, whose magnetic field is negligibly small, does not regulate itself in this fashion at all.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The Moon, whose magnetic field is negligibly small, does not regulate itself in this fashion at all.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligibly
slightly
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Use a silicone broom, which is more effective at picking up pet hair than traditional corn brooms that tend to trap hair in the slightly sticky bristles.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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The delicate curtain slightly obscures a digital color photograph of a drawing by a museum employee reimagining Picasso’s painting.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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