vestigialadjective
uk/vesˈtɪdʒ.i.əl/us/vesˈtɪdʒ.i.əl/[ before noun ] being a small remaining part or amount
specialized medical used to describe something, especially a part of the body, that has not developed completely, or has stopped being used and has almost disappeared:
a vestigial organ/limb/tail
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Staying and remaining
- closeted
- halt
- hang
- hold
- hold sb over
- keep to somewhere
- leave
- remaining
- residual
- rest
- sit tight idiom
- sojourn
- stand
- stay
- stop
- stop in
- tarry
- wait
- wait behind
- wait for sb
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Of little or less importance
vestigially
adverb uk/vesˈtɪdʒ.i.ə.li/us/vesˈtɪdʒ.i.ə.li/