minimallyadv.
/ˈmɪnᵻməli/, /ˈmɪnᵻml̩i/, U.S. /ˈmɪnəməli/ To a minimal extent or degree.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in the least degree > to a minimal extent
minimally1909
minimalistically1976
1909 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 6 649 It might be going too far to say that these disturbers are to the minima visibilia what beats and difference tones are to minimally graduated simultaneous tones of a chord.
1935 H. F. Twaddell in Lang. Monogr. 16 42 In American English, the forms beet: bit: bait: bet: bat are minimally phonologically different.
1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization i. 35 Even minimally, their orientations are affected by its presence.
1962 H. C. Conklin in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 124 Minimally, a lexical set consists of all semantically contrastive lexemes which in a given, culturally relevant context share exclusively at least one defining feature.
1973 Publishers Weekly 13 Aug. 52/1 Such a glaring omission will surely put off some serious movie buffs. Probably, however, sales will be damaged only minimally.
1990 J. Sutherland Mrs Humphry Ward ii. 29 She was at boarding school a decade before the reforms ensured a minimally decent standard of education for girls.
Compounds
minimally invasive adj. Medicine (a) designating a malignant neoplasm that exhibits a minimal degree of invasion (invasion n. 1c); (b) designating or relating to therapeutic and diagnostic techniques and procedures that minimize the extent of surgical intervention, such as laparoscopic surgery or percutaneous needle biopsy.
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1966 Austral. N. Z. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynaecol. 6 25 (title) Histomorphology of minimally-invasive cervical squamous cancer.
1976 Postgrad. Med. 59 90/2 Several noninvasive or minimally invasive techniques have recently become available for evaluating venous disease more accurately.
1992 Good Housek. (BNC) Feb. 47 Thanks to Minimally Invasive Therapy (MIT), what were once major operations are now ‘more like visiting the dentist’... Advances include: using ultrasound to break up kidney stones, angioplasty, keyhole surgery, [etc.].
2000 Jrnl. Vascular Surg. 32 616 He underwent percutaneous balloon fenestration, which is safe and minimally invasive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1909- to make a tit of
- to make a tit of oneself
- to make a tit of someone
- to make a tit out of
- to make a tit out of someone
- to make a to make signs
- to make a tomfool of
- to make a touch
- to make a traverse
- to make a true deliverance
- to make a tsimmes
- to make a tsimmes about
- to make a tsimmes etc
- to keep in shape
- to keep in stipend
- to keep in suspense
- to keep in the dark
- to keep in the dark about
- to keep in the dark as to
- to keep in the dark etc
- to keep in the family
- to keep in the pin
- to keep in touch
- to keep in view
- to keep it in the family