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marginally

UK/ˈmɑːd͡ʒɪnəli//ˈmɑɹd͡ʒɪnəli/

marginally adverb: in a marginal manner, or to a marginal extent; barely sufficiently; slightly.

Adverb

marginally (comparative more marginally, superlative most marginally)

  1. In a marginal manner, or to a marginal extent; barely sufficiently; slightly.
    • A similar situation saw Gervinho play in Van Persie rather than going for goal himself, only for the Dutchman to drift marginally offside.2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport
  2. In the margin of a book.

marginally meaning in Bengali

marginally in Bengali

সামান্যভাবে, বা সামান্য পরিমাণে, অল্প পরিসরে, বইয়ের পৃষ্ঠার প্রান্তদেশে

Examples of marginally in a sentence

  • While writing my paper, my research went down several rabbit holes that were only marginally related and wasted a lot of my time.
  • But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
  • Since Skynet is presumably aware of its own origins, this makes the first film marginally less plausible.

All 14 example sentences with marginally

Forms of marginally

comparativemore marginally
superlativemost marginally

Origin of marginally

From marginal + -ly.

Words formed from marginally

Questions about marginally

What does marginally mean?
Marginally means in a marginal manner, or to a marginal extent; barely sufficiently; slightly.
What is marginally in Bengali?
Marginally in Bengali is সামান্যভাবে, বা সামান্য পরিমাণে, অল্প পরিসরে. See Marginally meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is marginally?
Marginally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce marginally?
Marginally is pronounced /ˈmɑɹd͡ʒɪnəli/ (US).

Words near marginally in the dictionary

  1. marginalizers
  2. marginalizes
  3. marginalizes out
  4. marginalizing
  5. marginalizing out
  6. marginally
  7. marginalness
  8. marginals
  9. marginate
  10. marginated
  11. marginates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marginally (page history and authors); marginally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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