adverb
- to an extremely small degree; almost to the point of disappearing or becoming zero
Usage: often used in mathematical or scientific contexts
Examples
- The probability of winning the lottery is vanishingly small.
- The error rate in the new system is vanishingly low.
- As the temperature approached absolute zero, the molecular motion became vanishingly slight.
- The chances of finding life on that planet are vanishingly remote.
- The difference between the two measurements was vanishingly small.
- Her hope of recovery seemed vanishingly thin after the diagnosis.