Meanings
- not comparableTo a degree that is negligible; so small or slight that it may be ignored.
Thus if the spherical surface beings are living on a planet of which the solar system occupies only a negligibly small part of the spherical universe, they have no means of determining whether they are living in a finite or in an infinite universe.
1920, Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General TheorySynonyms: insignificantly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbTo a degree that is negligible; so small or slight that it may be ignored.
Origin
- Englishnegligible
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishnegligibly
From negligible + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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