Meaning & use
infinitesimally
To an extremely tiny degree, so small it is almost impossible to measure.
See it in a sentence
The temperature rose infinitesimally, so no one in the room noticed the change.
Her chances of ever winning the lottery were infinitesimally small indeed.
A note on using this word
Often paired with 'small' for emphasis, even though the word already implies extreme smallness on its own.
Words with a similar meaning
negligiblyminutely
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Words with an opposite meaning
enormously
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