in a lower degree

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However, the tradeoff results in a lower degree of accuracy for larger step size, as illustrated in Figure 4.14.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Most vain men are vain of qualities which they do not really possess, or possess in a lower degree than they fancy.

From Samuel Johnson by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

The worthy tutor went on to take glory to the college, and in a lower degree to himself.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

To the every-day pleasures of summer and the English fields Hunt brought in a lower degree the same alertness of perception and acuteness of enjoyment which in Keats were intense beyond parallel.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

There would, therefore, be inflammation excited in the abdomen of the dog; but as the lower animals are less easily acted on than man, the inflammation would in this case be in a lower degree.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin