Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: marginal
IPA transcription: [m'ɑɹdʒənəl]
Pronunciations of marginal
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: fringy, marginal
    Meaning: at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach"
  • Synonyms: borderline, marginal
    Meaning: of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability"
Usage examples
  • It is fallacious also in that it ignores the marginal principle in the problem of profits.
  • He hunted about a little and showed us a quiet marginal pool where there were smears of red along the border; yes, and of blue.
  • He took him to the foreman, who decided to try him on a Polyglot Testament, with marginal references, such close work that most of the men refused to do it.
  • The hampered and lonely itinerant conscientiously covered up the marginal readings, and used them merely on points of construction, as he would have used a comrade or tutor who should have happened to be passing by.
  • His eye caught an explanatory note: the dividend on the preferred had been cut; the surplus was heavily reduced. His mind, searching rapidly over their business, fixed upon two marginal accounts--Jim Smith's and Waldron's.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Octavia E. Butler, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Alzheimer's disease, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Eastern Bloc, License CC BY-SA 4.0