marginally
Example Sentences
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However, overall crowd numbers and ticket sales are marginally down compared to last year - though tournament director Vikram Banerjee is keen to point out the competition has undergone a transformation.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Ten-year gilt yields edged marginally lower to 4.961%, Tradeweb data showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The effect would have been the opposite in prior years, rendering two successive decreases in citywide homelessness marginally less impressive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sometimes, the lump becomes a slightly smaller and shinier lump, marginally less ugly than it was on the ground.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
I don’t know why I’d thought these dudes would be marginally less stupid than all the other ones I’d known.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
