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Vinony

negligibly

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbli/ / /ˈnɛɡləd͡ʒəbli/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English negligible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English negligibly 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.”