# Do you use the word "Minorly"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-minorly/621483>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 10, 2012, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-minorly/621483 "2012-05-10T07:10:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-minorly/621483/21 "2012-05-13T00:39:37Z")

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For some reason my wife doesn’t believe that “oftener” is a real word.

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-minorly/621483/22 "2012-05-13T01:00:57Z")

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Only I use when talk about the minorly baseball.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-minorly/621483/23 "2012-05-13T01:59:26Z")

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I’ve used the word on occasion and have heard others use it too, but not in the sense the OP has. Minorly is always followed by the word “[inconvenienced](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22minorly+inconvenienced%22&oq=%22minorly+inconvenienced%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=hp.3...1011.8591.1.8901.17.14.3.0.0.7.396.4218.2-5j8.13.0...0.0.NZl5eqM4I58&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=5c7e5ae966ea494d&biw=960&bih=485).”

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-minorly/621483/24 "2012-05-14T05:22:40Z")

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_Majorly_ rad vibes from that riff duuude!! 🆒

_Minorly_…Uh, I got nothing. Sorry. ?

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