infinitesimally
4
8.6
- adverb
- /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməli/
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infinitesimalmente
- For these analyses, robotic equipment precisely places pieces of the pathogen's DNA in an array of infinitesimally small droplets on glass microscope slides.
- infinitesimally small
But just because something is like infinitesimally possible doesn't mean that it's likely.
- But just because something is like infinitesimally possible doesn't mean that it's likely.
- It's the smallest thing in the universe is infinitesimally small.
- The probability that service is exactly middling is infinitesimally small.
- Because by virtue of the fact that the chance of you being here is so infinitesimally fucking unlikely.
- And whether we were put here by divine intervention or whether we were put here through this infinitesimally small chance of evolution, we're here now.
- You might think that the odds of my telling the truth are infinitesimally tiny, but the risk to the future is huge.
- In some tiny, infinitesimally quantum way, you you're connected.
Examples
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Is it simply because we are discussing such infinitesimally small increases?
Blog text (25) -
But the odds that we haven't been, at least, visited by extra-terrestrial life are infinitesimally small.
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Such an infinitesimally small chance for success.
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The chance that any past behavior was the cause is infinitesimally small.
Fiction book (1991) -
You might think that the odds of my telling the truth are infinitesimally tiny, but the risk to the future is huge.
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There are so many of these little magnets, and they're all in this infinitesimally small magnetic field.
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Immunizations make up an infinitesimally small portion of total pharma profits.
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One side advocates balancing known and proven benefits of nutrients against unknown or infinitesimally small risks.
Academic text (2004) -
Most of us in academe will never be honored thus; a few will receive the call but once, and only an infinitesimally tiny number will hit double digits.
Academic text (2002) -
The effect of this medication is infinitesimally small, making it unlikely to improve your condition.
Synonyms
35
4.1
By a small amount
22
3.7
A very small amount that is almost not noticeable
3
8.3
To a degree that is almost zero
3
4.6
By a very small amount
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5.6
In a way that is so small it does not matter
Antonyms
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
infinitesimally = infinitesimal (transparent) = infinitesimal + ly
The adverb is a regular -ly derivation from the adjective 'infinitesimal' with the meaning preserved.
Etymology
Infinitesimally comes from the idea of an 'infinitely small' amount and is related to in- ('not') and finite ('limited'), the same root as infinite. So, to do something infinitesimally is to change it by an almost zero, barely noticeable amount.