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minimally

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Etymology

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    From minimal + -ly.

    Adverb

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    minimally (not comparable)

    1. In a minimal way; to the least extent.
      minimally invasive surgery
      • 2007 May, “Preemployment Physical Fitness Test for Law Enforcement Officer Positions Within the Office of Detention and Removal”, in United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement[1], archived from the original on 8 July 2016, page 1:
        Successful completion of the PFT ensures that all new hire DRO law enforcement officers are at a minimally acceptable level of physical fitness to meet the physical demands of mandatory training and the performance of job duties.
      • 2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE[2], →DOI, archived from the original on 10 July 2021:
        Very little research has, however, directly examined the limitations of native perception, especially for contrasts that are only minimally differentiated acoustically and articulatorily.

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