fractionaladjective
uk/ˈfræk.ʃən.əl/us/ˈfræk.ʃən.əl/extremely small:
The fall in the value of the yen might result in a fractional increase in interest rates of perhaps a quarter of one percent.
relating to only a part of something:
fractional ownership
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Extremely small
- atomized
- be knee-high to a grasshopper idiom
- infinitesimal
- irreducible
- itsy-bitsy
- Lilliputian
- micro
- microscopic
- miniature
- minuscule
- minute 1
- nano-
- slim
- subatomic
- tiddly
- tiny
- titchy
- vanishingly
- weeny
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fractionally
adverb uk/ˈfræk.ʃən.əl.i/us/ˈfræk.ʃən.əl.i/
Despite substantial price cuts, sales have increased only fractionally (= by a very small amount).