OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 22297

marginal

/ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
marginal
Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
The early pages had marginal notes most of which were lost when rats nibbled away the manuscript edges.
There were more marginal notes than text.
adyacente • fronterizo • inferior
Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.
baldío
Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.