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SLIGHTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To a small degree or extent
Example:
the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
Synonyms:
more or less; slightly; somewhat
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a slim or slender manner
Example:
slightly built
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Pertainym:
slight (being of delicate or slender build)
Context examples:
You've already slightly chilled your lungs. Besides, he is a physician and knows. He would never permit it.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
They were stored in a block of slightly over three cubic meters.
(Brazil and China scientists unearth pterosaur eggs with preserved embryos, Agência Brasil)
The team found that although oxygen slightly decreased power generation, the effect was minimal.
(New Type of Battery Created from Paper, Fueled by Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In addition, girls were slightly less likely to be in the second group, compared to boys, while children of first-time mothers were more likely to be in the high-increase group.
(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)
He looked at them slightly, without seeming to know who they were, and merely nodded to Mrs. Jennings from the other side of the room.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth, after slightly surveying it, went to a window to enjoy its prospect.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Both his knees were slightly bent, he stood square to his opponent, and his two big brown fists were held over his mark so that he could lead equally with either.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
These cells have either slightly eosinophilic or vacuolated cytoplasm, and round nuclei.
(Parathyroid Gland Chief Cell Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is catalase positive, urease negative, slightly beta-hemolytic weekly ferments xylose.
(Dermatophilus congolensis, NCI Thesaurus)
But Pedišić said the study suggested even slightly less time spent running could produce similar benefits when it came to the risk of early death.
(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
