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> 日曜日ぐらいは家族とともに過ごしたい。

I have looked it up 2 dictionaries and a number of JLPT grammar exercise books
but have not figured out what usage of ぐらい this is. Could somebody help and
explain please?
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What does 日曜日ぐらい mean in the following sentence?
Wiktionary
[says](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%84#Adverb) that
there exists a meaning of "at least", and their example seems to match yours:

> 今回{こんかい}くらいは頑張{がんば}ろうかな。- Maybe I should put in the effort at least once
> (this time).

See @naruto's comment - 日曜日ぐらい here would be "at least on Sundays".

And this is the translations that [deepl
gives](https://www.deepl.com/translator#ja/en/%E6%97%A5%E6%9B%9C%E6%97%A5%E3%81%90%E3%82%89%E3%81%84%E3%81%AF%E5%AE%B6%E6%97%8F%E3%81%A8%E3%81%A8%E3%82%82%E3%81%AB%E9%81%8E%E3%81%94%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%80%82)
for what it's worth - "I want to spend at least one Sunday with my family."
although it's not clear where the "one" comes from.

Disclaimer: I don't suggest using DeepL (google translate even less so for
Japanese) as a reference but it can be used to get a general direction.
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