marginally interesting. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : marginal subsistence; marginal ability. ,a marginal note. ,marginal profits. From Dictionary.com.
He noted the hybrid Malibu only gets what he described as marginally better fuel economy and said that the price is more expensive. From Wordnik.com. [GM Pulls Plug on Hybrid Model] Reference
And we are improving marginally, which is a huge improvement over two years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Another 2.6 million were defined as marginally attached to the labor force, including discouraged workers who had given up looking for work. From Wordnik.com. [Job Killers Vs. Job Creators] Reference
He turned to the only other'marginally'sane person in the room. From Wordnik.com. [Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows]
Munster expects subscriber additions to be up "marginally" year-over-year in fiscal 2007. From Wordnik.com. [Teens Pick iTunes Over Napster] Reference
Maybe phew has this sound "marginally" in English. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference
It's the use of the word 'marginally', though that is telling. From Wordnik.com. [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference
Notre Dame isn't even a 'marginally' Catholic institution anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
ICAO: Fatalities down 25\% in 2008 as accident rate lowers 'marginally'. From Wordnik.com. [ATW Daily News] Reference
Retailers said sales increased "marginally" during the holidays compared with last year. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
Louisiana 'marginally' meeting demand for classroom teachers, but turnover rampant, report says. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Saints Central] Reference
Investors claim Schwab misled shareholders by describing the fund as only "marginally" riskier than cash. From Wordnik.com. [InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines]
But it said earnings at a constant exchange rate would grow "marginally" this year, before more rapid growth in 2011. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Manila yesterday, said in a briefing that the world economy would 'marginally' recover next year after bottoming out this year. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to BofA to charge annual fees on some credit cards] Reference
Myself I'd call marginally interested at best. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
"marginally" and the party had gained one extra MEP. From Wordnik.com. [Epolitix News] Reference
Meals are marginally more savory but still vegetarian. From Wordnik.com. [Retreat Into Silence] Reference
This time around, it's likely to be marginally bad news. From Wordnik.com. [The Good News About the Recession] Reference
By the end of the week, polls showed Hillary marginally ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
His British contacts were only marginally more helpful to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets Of A Mosque] Reference
But a year later you're only marginally happier than before the windfall. From Wordnik.com. [Counting Your Blessings] Reference
In the larger study, 325mg tablets were only marginally better than a placebo. From Wordnik.com. [In The News: Take One Each Day] Reference
But another explanation is that they are just curious, and only marginally moralistic. From Wordnik.com. [The Monarchy Will Prevail] Reference
Who, in "The Doors," located the soul of the '60s in the marginally talented Jim Morrison?. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood's Most Controversial Director Oliver Stone Takes On Our Most Controversial President Richard Nixon] Reference
Last Saturday afternoon the streets around Soho were only marginally less packed than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Misjudging A Great City] Reference
The fact that haters are sometimes incompetent renders them only marginally less frightening. From Wordnik.com. [Hate] Reference
Let's focus less media attention on high-end technology and marginally advanced pharmaceuticals. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
This summer's movies may be marginally kinder and gentler, but the competition's no less fierce. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Gets Seriously Silly] Reference
Even without the home-mortgage deduction, lots of voters will find themselves at least marginally ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Free-Lunch Forbes] Reference
By contrast, those who formed no antibodies worsened, and those in the middle declined, but only marginally. From Wordnik.com. [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference
To pundits and the press, debates are about who gained the upper hand and whose performance was marginally better. From Wordnik.com. [A Political Rerun] Reference
Iran brings up the rear, at 38 percent, with the swathe of Maghreb between the Levant and Morocco only marginally better. From Wordnik.com. [The Wedding Shortage] Reference
Taking a friend's recommendation is only marginally better than choosing randomly, unless you ask some probing questions. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor Lottery] Reference
The directions, moreover, seemed to correlate only marginally with the detailed Florence street map I had unfurled on my lap. From Wordnik.com. [The Practical Futurist: The Future Sneaks Up-In Tuscany] Reference
In each case, the managers would have been in at least a marginally better position to weather the tsunami if they had more cash. From Wordnik.com. [Dividend Dopes] Reference
Assuming the lawsuits do pay off eventually, lawyers 'fees may eat up much of the cash, leaving clients only marginally better off. From Wordnik.com. [The Litigation: Looking For Payback] Reference
Recruitment appears to have been mishandled from the start, with administrators offering positions to even marginally qualified applicants. From Wordnik.com. [A Gun in One Hand, A Pen in the Other] Reference
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