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Insignificantly

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in·sig·nif·i·cant  (nsg-nf-knt)
adj.
1. Not significant, especially:
a. Lacking in importance; trivial.
b. Lacking power, position, or value; worthy of little regard.
c. Small in size or amount.
2. Having little or no meaning.
insig·nifi·cant·ly adv.
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Adv.1.insignificantly - in an insignificant manner; "some people living insignificantly among us"
2.insignificantly - not to a significant degree or amount; "Our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts"
significantly - in a significant manner; "our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts"


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He could conceive of men going very insignificantly about the world bearing a load of courage unseen, and although he had known many of his comrades through boyhood, he be- gan to fear that his judgment of them had been blind.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
Still more, to see people who have been only insignificantly offensive to us reduced in life and humiliated, without any special effort of ours, is apt to have a soothing, flattering influence.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Talking at the top of his voice like a fog-horn, he told somebody or anybody to go for a surgeon; and as he turned back into the dark and thronged entrance his friend Father Brown dipped in insignificantly after him.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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