marginally

légèrement, à peine

Dans une très faible mesure, ou tout juste assez.

En anglais simple : By a very small amount, or only just enough.

• This room is marginally larger.
• Prices rose marginally last month.
• The business was only marginally profitable.

Synonymes : slightly, a little, barely

Contraires : considerably, substantially

Expressions courantes : marginally better, marginally higher, marginally profitable

dans la marge

Dans l’espace blanc à côté du texte imprimé sur une page.

En anglais simple : In the blank space beside the printed text on a page.

• The reader wrote marginally beside the paragraph.
• Several corrections were entered marginally in the manuscript.
• She annotated the book marginally, leaving the printed text untouched.

Expressions courantes : written marginally, noted marginally