vestigially
adverb
uk/vesˈtɪdʒ.i.ə.li/us/vesˈtɪdʒ.i.ə.li/in a way that hasalmostdisappeared, or that is asmallremainingpartof something:
Hefailedto show thebattlefieldbraverythat is vestigiallyexpectedof men.
The British Empire nowexistsonly vestigially.
See
vestigial
- Theemotionalconnectionof hisbestworkwas only vestigiallyevident.
- Thepracticepersisteduntil at least 1400, and vestigially for muchlongerstill.
- The twocompaniesare only vestigiallyrelatedthesedays.
Of little or less importance
- be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
- be neither here nor thereidiom
- be no big dealidiom
- biggie
- derisory
- lowly
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- meaninglessness
- mere
- merely
- peripheral
- petty
- piddling
- piffling
- play second fiddleidiom
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- subordinate
- valueless