minimally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimally
Adverb
  • The timing of these cuts could not be worse for the millions of families barely scraping by like hers.
    Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Despite this, experts say barely any research is being done on this overlap.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Shared by Abbott along with the Daily Mail and numerous X users, the video from September shows the two CBP agents cutting a section of wire, albeit from a minutely different angle.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Jan. 2024
  • First the festivals, then New York and L.A., then the world would bear witness to her childhood fears, her daily passions and frustrations, her minutely observed existence, all tastefully packaged within, for instance, a buddy comedy or an interplanetary embezzlement plot.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • That rebounded somewhat after the stage version of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child proved to be a post-pandemic crowd pleaser.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
  • James Bond was front and center at the 2025 Academy Awards – and in a somewhat curious way.
    Colin Burnett, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Yet that money has scarcely made a dent in the debt, and chunks of it have been wasted on yet more shoddy decision-making.
    Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • And for a while, each couple scarcely amounts to more than a broad stroke and a conflict.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • If UConn reaches the Elite Eight for an 18th time in the past 20 seasons, a rematch of the 2024 quarterfinal against 1-seed USC feels almost inevitable.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The pillars of the massive pier have formed artificial vertical reefs underwater, and diving here almost feels like entering a science fiction world, with alien-like tree formations and coral growths blossoming out from the supports.
    Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Minimally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimally. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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