negligibly
English
WOTD – 28 March 2007
Etymology
From negligible + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbli/, /ˈnɛɡləd͡ʒəbli/
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Adverb
negligibly (not comparable)
- To a degree that is negligible; so small or slight that it may be ignored.
- 1920, Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory:
- Thus if the spherical surface beings are living on a planet of which the solar system occupies only a negligibly small part of the spherical universe, they have no means of determining whether they are living in a finite or in an infinite universe.