very small in size or amount; as small as possible:
The work was carried out at minimal cost. * There's only a minimal amount of risk involved. * The damage to the car was minimal.
compareMAXIMAL
minimally adverb:
minimally invasive surgery * The episode was reported minimally in the press.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for minimal is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is minimal a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, minimal is tagged as adjective.
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