"less markedly" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe when something is not as noticeable as something else. For example, "The change in temperatures was less markedly different than we had expected."
A similar lag is being played out less markedly in Europe.
Net exports are forecast to continue to detract from growth although less markedly in 2017".
All four newspapers were also up – though less markedly – on the same Saturday in 2010.
Attacks on the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) were also down, though less markedly.
Under Hadrian a reaction made sculpture less markedly Italian, as if to be in conformity with the slow decline of Italy toward quasi-provincial status.
A girl who has her ovaries removed before puberty is less markedly altered but retains a childlike body build, does not develop breasts, and never menstruates.
But, though less markedly in Japan, the basic Oriental inspiration remains fixed in folklore (also, in China and Japan, in nursery songs and rhymes), and the didactic imperative continues to act as a hobble.
A similar study by the German chambers of industry and commerce (DIHK) found that almost two-thirds of firms had experienced no tightening of credit conditions.Bankers say that they have got tougher but they have still tightened lending standards less markedly than their counterparts in the euro area as a whole.
This will result in a positive contribution of the external balance to overall growth in 2009 (though it is set to turn negative again in 2010, but less markedly so than in 2007-08).Supply-side woesOn the supply side, we project a notable slowdown of agricultural growth in 2009 and stabilisation in 2010 following two particularly strong years of investment and external demand.
But it is still shrinking in Greece and Spain, though much less markedly than a year earlier.In this section Overview Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index The Economist poll of forecasters, February averages Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Markets Manufacturing activity Reprints.
If we calculate rolling correlations pairwise north-to-south, the correlations still fall, although a little less markedly.
