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infinitesimally, adv.|ɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an infinitesimal degree: almost always qualifying small. (But in quots. 1801, 1814, used for: To an infinite extent, infinitely.)
1801W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XI. 648 Herder is a vague sweeping declaimer, who multiplies metaphors infinitesimally. 1814Ibid. XXXVIII. 212 So infinitesimally various are nature's shades of hue. 1850Grove Corr. Phys. Forces (ed. 2) 51 Cases where infinitesimally small quantities of matter are acted on. 1875Whitney Life Lang. iv. 66 These differ, at the utmost, only infinitesimally in articulating position from i and u. 1885Manch. Exam. 26 Oct. 5/1 Corroborative evidence of this nature..reduces the chance of mistake to an infinitesimally small fraction. |