Both Uses
marginal
in
Resistance by Nielsen
(Edited)
- But as much as I wanted to yell at them or shake them back to their senses, all I could do was lower my voice and lean in to my parents, fully aware that my mother was tracing her finger along the folds of the thin sheet below her, only marginally listening.
p. 82.2marginally = barely
- Her tone was marginally friendly, though her eye was almost constantly on Esther.
p. 167.5 *marginally = slightly
Definitions:
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(1)
(marginal) small, limited, barely sufficient, or at the edge or border
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)