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marginal
What does marginal mean?
marginal (adjective): at or constituting a border or edge.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use marginal in a sentence?
- The marginal strip of beach. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce marginal?
/ˈmɑɹdʒənəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does marginal come from?
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, equivalent to margin + -al.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to marginal
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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not able; lacking a certain ability
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feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful
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at or constituting a border or edge
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contrived by art rather than nature
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