in a lower degree

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However, the tradeoff results in a lower degree of accuracy for larger step size, as illustrated in Figure 4.14.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Other prelates rank with the above, but in a lower degree, notably the almoner and the various secretaries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

To the every-day pleasures of summer and the English fields Hunt brought in a lower degree the same alertness of perception and acuteness of enjoyment which in Keats were intense beyond parallel.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

The mere craving for novelty makes itself felt; so that that which once gave pleasure gives it no longer, or gives it in a lower degree.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin

There would, therefore, be inflammation excited in the abdomen of the dog; but as the lower animals are less easily acted on than man, the inflammation would in this case be in a lower degree.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin