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vanishingly

adverb
van·​ish·​ing·​ly | \ ˈva-ni-shiŋ-lē How to pronounce vanishingly (audio) \

Definition of vanishingly

: so as to be almost nonexistent or invisible the difference is vanishingly small

Examples of vanishingly in a Sentence

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With data, the devil is in the defaults — companies know a vanishingly small number of people will ever adjust settings. — Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, "The spy in your wallet: Credit cards have a privacy problem," 31 Aug. 2019 For years the flashes first seemed either improbable or at least vanishingly rare. — Wired, "An Alien-Hunting Tech Mogul May Help Solve a Space Mystery," 21 July 2019

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First Known Use of vanishingly

1870, in the meaning defined above

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vanishingly

adverb

English Language Learners Definition of vanishingly

—used to say that something is so small that it almost does not exist at all
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