Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an insignificant manner; without meaning; without importance or effect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Of such extremely small
quantity ordegree that it is not worth measuring.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an insignificant manner
- adverb not to a significant degree or amount
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Examples
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A face that might be called insignificantly pretty and caressing manners thinly disguised the man's deeply-rooted egoism and habit of continually calculating the chances of a career which at that time looked problematical enough; though his choice of Mme. de
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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A face that might be called insignificantly pretty and caressing manners thinly disguised the man's deeply-rooted egoism and habit of continually calculating the chances of a career which at that time looked problematical enough; though his choice of Mme. de
Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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A face that might be called insignificantly pretty and caressing manners thinly disguised the man’s deeply-rooted egoism and habit of continually calculating the chances of a career which at that time looked problematical enough; though his choice of Mme. de Chaulieu
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Assange brought a trove of raw data and a considerable degree of savviness about how to work with vast, complex databases -- and, not insignificantly, the ability to publish outside the reach of any individual jurisdiction.
Rory O'Connor: The Coming Media Convergence Rory O'Connor 2011
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Assange brought a trove of raw data and a considerable degree of savviness about how to work with vast, complex databases -- and, not insignificantly, the ability to publish outside the reach of any individual jurisdiction.
Rory O'Connor: The Coming Media Convergence Rory O 2011
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This announcent also flies ine th face of all the Scottish governments shared equity initiatves aimed at encourgaing home ownership and noy insignificantly swallowing up an ever increasing slice of the housing budget at the expense of new build for rent.
Right To Buy? Alan Smart 2009
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But so far it appears that Miller put in a LOT of what would normally be high dollar hours to make the not insignificantly cheap paperwork costs associated with his case succeed.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Carlos Miller Wins His Appeal 2009
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The spectacular permanent set is a teeming Glasgow slum tenement ( "tenement" refers even now to any Scottish apartment block) on one and a half floors, so the audience sees half of what's happening (insignificantly) on the upper floor.
'Men Should Weep' marvels Paul Levy 2010
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Though it is widely discussed among scientists that what comes with global warming is global chilling, and while in some possibly good portion an inherent part of natural cycles, there is little doubt among leading scientists that our collective behaviors are not insignificantly responsible for these bizarre and extreme weather patterns.
Mitchell J. Rabin: A Call to Consciousness Louder Than Ever Before 2012 Mitchell J. Rabin 2011
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Though it is widely discussed among scientists that what comes with global warming is global chilling, and while in some possibly good portion an inherent part of natural cycles, there is little doubt among leading scientists that our collective behaviors are not insignificantly responsible for these bizarre and extreme weather patterns.
Mitchell J. Rabin: A Call to Consciousness Louder Than Ever Before 2012 Mitchell J. Rabin 2011
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