minimally

English

Etymology

From minimal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

minimally (not comparable)

1. In a minimal way; to the least extent.

   minimally invasive surgery

   • 2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Very little research has, however, directly examined the limitations of native perception, especially for contrasts that are only minimally differentiated acoustically and articulatorily.

Derived terms

• nonminimally
• minimally invasive