The phrase "at a markedly less" is not correct in standard written English.
It is likely intended to compare something at a lower level or degree, but it is incomplete and lacks clarity.
Example: "The new model operates at a markedly less efficient rate than its predecessor."
Alternatives: "at a significantly lower" or "at a considerably reduced".
In 2014, in Washington, at a markedly less high-profile event, Cruz delivered a similarly provocative speech, which drew a similarly negative reaction, and raised the same kinds of questions about his motivations.
At present, the WF-ABBA validation activities and, in general, fire product validation methodologies are at a markedly less advanced stage than the algorithm itself.
African-Americans who crossed the Atlantic in the nineteenth century found themselves in a markedly less hostile world.
As Asian companies release their earnings, executives are signaling a markedly less optimistic note.
(You imagine that if Mr. Chesney were visiting this woman in her workplace, he'd be in a markedly less pensive mood).
This would explain why the Sp2lzn/lzn embryos display a markedly less severe phenotype when compared to Sp2null embryos.
The inhibition of estrone-3-sulfatase activity in these two subcellular fractions showed a biphasic pattern, with a highly sensitive phase seen at 78 nM to 1.25 μm of PCN followed by a markedly less-sensitive phase at > 2.5 μm of PCN.
Turns out Gov. Pat Quinn might not be the only Illinois Democrat who'd prefer to forget a markedly less-than-stellar showing at the State Fair earlier this month.
I keep a mirror to help me – I furrow my brow, I raise my eyebrows…" The result is a world more realist – or at least markedly less surrealist – than that of, say, the Australian, Shaun Tan, whose book The Arrival deals with migration in a similar tonality but different atmosphere, and whose film animation The Lost Thing won an Oscar last year.
But traffic growth in the past two years has been running at just over 1% a year, markedly less than economic growth, which suggests that high petrol and diesel prices are having a restraining effect on congestion.One point that is also often forgotten is that it is now cheaper to drive a car than it was a generation ago.
The Queens West project will seek to draw Manhattanites with river views at rents markedly less than they might expect to pay on the other side of the river -- say, $2,100 a month for an 800-square-foot apartment that would command $3,300 in Manhattan, Mr. Elghanayan said, It will be at least three years, however, before the first building opens, with 500 apartments.
