INSIGNIFICANTLY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

insignificantly

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as in microscopically

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Recent Examples of insignificantly Lastly, but not at all insignificantly (as the project was his first breakthrough in the city), there’s the Condé Nast Cafeteria in Times Square. — Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026 While these might seem insignificantly small compared to the average density, gravitation causes the overdense regions to grow and attract matter into them over time, while the underdense regions similarly give up their matter to their more dense surroundings. — Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026

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The only natural safeguard your body has against UV light is a microscopically thin layer of a pigment called melanin in your epidermis.

— Guy German, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Coming up with materials that will do that work is actually the easy part; turning them into the microscopically-thin film of a solar sail is the real challenge.

— Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 31 May 2026

Definition of microscopically

Adverb

Roman, however, can uniquely sift through Andromeda’s stars much more minutely because of its wider field of view.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Definition of minutely

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The company used this speed advantage (and, later, similar ones) to profit from infinitesimally brief pricing differences between exchanges, all while fulfilling clients’ orders to buy and sell on those exchanges.

— Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Even then, an opponent might be infinitesimally more precise.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026

Definition of infinitesimally

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The eggs are drizzled, almost imperceptibly, with honey that gives the dish fabulous depth.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Inflammation triggered by obesity gums up these actions, causing both blood sugar and cholesterol levels to rise silently, gradually, and imperceptibly, causing harm.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of imperceptibly

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Some come so quickly that there’s barely time to process how they were accomplished.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Azurá Stevens, the franchise’s marquee signing worth just over $1 million a year, barely cracked a 10-point average while missing nearly a quarter of the season due to injuries and personal concerns.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of barely

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The underlying problem was an intestinal condition that doctors can fix with a routine, minimally invasive surgery, experts who reviewed Malone’s death records said.

— Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
Treatments range from minimally invasive procedures like Botox and laser therapy, to surgical interventions like chest masculinization and liposuction.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of minimally

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There was a Bluetooth speaker on the ground connected invisibly to somebody’s phone, and, around halfway through the hang, the speaker started playing song after song by Drake.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
But DellaPosta’s work also shows that political preferences may influence decisions about having children not because there’s something Republican about having kids, but because political affiliation invisibly guides how people live their life.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of invisibly

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Roman will spend more than a quarter of its planned five-year primary mission observing this 10,000-light-year-wide region, which is so sprawling and thick with stars that previous telescopes have scarcely probed its depths.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026
While earlier sitcom crews met up at a coffee shop or a bar, young people like Billie—who spends her days submitting dozens of job applications without a single reply—are scarcely in a position to treat the city as their playground.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

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