What does slightly mean?
Definitions for slightly
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word slightly.
Princeton's WordNet
slightly, somewhat, more or less(adverb)
to a small degree or extent
"his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"
slenderly, slimly, slightly(adverb)
in a slim or slender manner
"a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built"
Wiktionary
slightly(Adverb)
Slenderly; delicately.
He was slightly built, but tall.
slightly(Adverb)
To a small extent or degree.
He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
Webster Dictionary
Slightly(adverb)
in a slight manner
Slightly(adverb)
slightingly; negligently
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'slightly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1189
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'slightly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1010
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'slightly' in Adverbs Frequency: #111
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slightly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slightly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of slightly in a Sentence
Our primary voters in the district skew older and slightly, every so slightly more socially conservative than you might expect in such a thoroughly Democratic district.
The reported lower effectiveness may be somewhat real, but it may also be a function of testing in a slightly different environment because of the newly circulating variants, if my 88-year-old dad or I were offered JJ, I would not hesitate to get it.
I manage my time. I’m slightly a workaholic, and my wife yells at me a lot for it, pawn Stars.
I do think it probably will be, I think you can sort of feel it. And I think that everyone wants it for him and it would be amazing, but it's also slightly difficult for me too because Michael Fassbender has been nominated ... and I think his performance is so extraordinary. But ... I think you can sort of feel the temperature, it's probably going to be Leo's year.
It is a slightly disappointing payroll number. If anything, it buys the Fed a little more time before the first rate hike, it puts September a little more in question.
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Translations for slightly
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- lleugeramentCatalan, Valencian
- en anelseDanish
- ein wenigGerman
- etete, iometeEsperanto
- levemente, ligeramenteSpanish
- hieman, hennostiFinnish
- légèrement, délicatement, finementFrench
- leggermenteItalian
- малкуцка, малкуMacedonian
- lichtelijkDutch
- trochęPolish
- слегка, немногоRussian
- liteSwedish
- azıcık, birazTurkish
- трохиUkrainian
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