negligibly
adv/ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbli/ · /ˈnɛɡləd͡ʒəbli/
Etymology From negligible + -ly.
1
To a degree that is negligible; so small or slight that it may be ignored.
- 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.1920, Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory:
- Synonyms
- insignificantly
- Antonyms
- importantly, significantly
- Derived terms
- nonnegligibly
- Related terms
- neglect, neglectful, negligence, negligent, negligently, negligibility, negligible