MARGINALLY

marginally

(adverb) in a marginal manner; “marginally interesting”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

marginally (comparative more marginally, superlative most marginally)

In a marginal manner, or to a marginal extent; barely sufficiently; slightly.

In the margin of a book.

Anagrams

• alarmingly

Source: Wiktionary


Mar"gin*al*ly, adv.

Definition: In the margin of a book.

MARGINAL

Mar"gin*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. marginal.]

1. Of or pertaining to a margin.

2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

coffee icon