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slightly

adverb

1 slightly

To a small degree or extent:
— The children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other.

synonyms: more or less, somewhat.

Roget 643: slightly etc. adj.; rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably.    for aught one cares.   

Roget 32: to a small extent [in a small degree], on a small scale; a little bit, a wee bit; slightly etc. adj.; imperceptibly; miserably, wretchedly; insufficiently etc. ... show more

2 slightly

In a slim or slender manner:
— Slightly built.

synonyms: slenderly, slimly.


Moby thesaurus: a bit, a little, barely, by a hair, by an ace, ever so little, exiguously, extremely, faintly, fairly, feebly, frugally, hardly, imperfectly, in a measure, in a nutshell, in a way, in miniature, in some measure, in the small ... show more.

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