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minimally en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English minimal Middle English -ly English -ly English minimally From minimal + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In a minimal way; to the least extent.
    • minimally invasive surgery
    • Very little research has, however, directly examined the limitations of native perception, especially for contrasts that are only minimally differentiated acoustically and articulatorily. 2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2021:
    • Successful completion of the PFT ensures that all new hire DRO law enforcement officers are at a minimally acceptable level of physical fitness to meet the physical demands of mandatory training and the performance of job duties. 2007 May 14, “Preemployment Physical Fitness Test for Law Enforcement Officer Positions Within the Office of Detention and Removal”, in United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2016, page 1:

Deriveds

nonminimally · minimally invasive

Translations (2)

hu minimálisan (in a minimal way; to the least extent) · pl minimalnie (in a minimal way; to the least extent)