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Definition: Minimally |
MinimallyAdverb1. To a minimal degree; "the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MIS | English | Minimally invasive surgery | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonym: maximally (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Minimally |
| English words defined with "minimally": arthroscopy ♦ individualistic ♦ laissez-faire ♦ minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "minimally": CJK, Commercial Invoice ♦ dumb terminal ♦ Green box policies ♦ learning from uncertain conditions ♦ Minimally Invasive Surgery Trainer ♦ Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Natural history of common acquired nevi. Ordinary moles begin as uniformly tan or brown macules, 1 to 2 mm in diameter (a), expand to a larger macule (b), progress to a pigmented papule that may be minimally (c) or obviously (d) elevated above the surface of the skin, and terminate as a pink or flesh-colored papule (e). These lesions are junctional (a,b), compound (c,d), and dermal (e) nevi, respectively. Note their smooth borders and clear demarcation from the surrounding skin. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Whyte J, Laborde A, DiPasquale MC. Assessment and treatment of the vegetative and minimally conscious patient. (references) | |
Although endovascular embolization and radiosurgery are minimally invasive, they are often not as effective as conventional surgery. (references) | ||
In those patients whose arachnoiditis is progressive, surgery to remove adhesions is only minimally effective because scar tissue continues to develop. (references) | ||
Business | While imports from Switzerland, the United States' strongest competitor, grew only minimally, imports from the United States steadily increased and grew by 42% in 1999 over 1998 levels. (references) | |
Economic History | Liberia | Rubber: Rubber is cultivated and minimally processed for export. (references) |
Benin | For example, foreign companies are required to adhere to social security and labor regulations, which are routinely ignored or minimally followed by beninese companies. (references) | |
Haiti | However, the state secretary position created in June 1999 to oversee both the tax and customs duty collection has been minimally effective in combating contraband and corruption. (references) | |
Human Rights | Albania | Government officials are somewhat cooperative but minimally responsive to their views. (references) |
Costa Rica | In 1996 the Supreme Court's Constitutional Chamber issued an order to the San Sebastian detention facility in San Jose, giving the institution 1 year to achieve minimally acceptable conditions for its prisoners. (references) | |
Political Economy | Luxembourg | Luxembourg enjoys one of the most stable political systems in Europe, with coalition shifts and changes in government occurring rarely, transpiring smoothly, and traditionally oscillating only minimally between the center-right and the center-left. (references) |
Travel | Guatemala | The exchange rate as of June 14, 2000 is approximately Q 7.68 to US$1.00. Generally, the exchange rate fluctuares minimally. (references) |
Egypt | Landlords prefer to rent their premises "furnished" even if only minimally so, and may insist on keeping some items in the apartment or villa for legal reasons. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Afghanistan | The only large employers in Kabul were the governmental structure of minimally functioning ministries and local and international NGO's. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Minimally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 96.49% of the time. "Minimally" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 96.49% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.51% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 57 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "minimally": minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery ♦ Minimally Invasive Surgery Trainer. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "minimally": minimally-furnished, minimally-sized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "minimally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 最小地. (various references) | ||||
German | minimal (fractional, irreducibly, marginal, minimal, shoestring), geringfügigst. (various references) | ||||
Italian | prodotto lavorato al minimo (minimally processed food). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 최소 으로. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | inimallymay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Minimally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mancinelli, minimalie, minimill, minimills, Myndmill. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "minimally" (pronounced mi"numulē) |
| 4 | -m u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, anomaly, dismally, facsimile, family, formally, gloomily, homily, informally, multifamily, normally, steamily, subfamily, supremely. |
| 3 | -u l ē | accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, factually, faithfully, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, structurally, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-l-l-m-m-n-y" | |
-2 letters: liminal, manlily, minimal. | |
-3 letters: limina, mainly, minima. | |
-4 letters: animi, ilial, inlay, liman, maill, malmy, manly, milia, minim. | |
-5 letters: ally, amin, amyl, anil, ayin, ilia, illy, imam, immy, inia, inly, lain, lily, lima, limn, limy, liny, mail, maim, main, mall, malm, many, mill, mina, mini, myna, nail, nill, yill. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-l-m-m-n-y" | |
+4 letters: matrimonially. | |
+5 letters: inflammability, inflammatorily, numismatically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 69 6E 69 6D 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .. -. .. -- .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101001 01101110 01101001 01101101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M i n i m a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0069 006E 0069 006D 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)477580757967787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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