Synonyms of nominally

nominally

adverb

as in slightly

in a very small quantity or degree

although the more expensive TV set is nominally better than the other, it's not worth the big difference in price

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slightly
• little
• negligibly
• just
• a trifle
• a bit
• barely
• marginally
• minimally
• scarcely
• scantily
• meagerly
• hardly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• most
• very
• substantially
• something
• so
• particularly
• extremely
• far
• highly
• too
• entirely
• especially
• heavily
• significantly
• completely
• considerably
• exceedingly
• much
• totally
• terribly
• purely
• extra
• extensively
• awfully
• greatly
• super
• utterly
• right
• thoroughly
• mighty
• mortally
• real
• full
• eminently
• exceptionally
• rattling
• mightily
• deadly
• noticeably
• frightfully
• appreciably
• palpably
• jolly
• awful
• whacking
• beastly
• abundantly
• generously
• liberally
• discernibly
• handsomely
• hugely
• plentifully
• grandly
• monstrously
• monumentally
• astronomically

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nominally

So Google is essentially acknowledging in this FAQ that its mobile services are being used and nominally supported in these places. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

Lawmakers would decide whether to make elections partisan or nominally nonpartisan, and whether to elect all justices statewide or to split up the state into geographic districts, which would likely be drawn by lawmakers. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

The two countries have never had formal diplomatic ties and have been nominally in a state of war for nearly 80 years after Israel’s establishment. — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

In practice, many MSOs grew too fast through acquisition to ever build that platform, ending up with different equipment, different extraction methods, and different SOPs for nominally identical products across their networks. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

But the only album Sly Stone released in the last 40 years of his life, nominally a solo album, is otherwise disappointingly devoted to revamping his group’s old hits. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 7 July 2026

The hair-raising moments in this homegrown genre hallmark arise nominally through character development, a key to Paranormal Activity’s enduring power. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

That decision gave presidents the power to remove members of nominally independent agencies. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 7 July 2026

At least some of these colonies had become nominally British in the 1760s, thanks to military triumph late in the Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026