English Explanatory Dictionary

slightly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Slenderly; delicately.
  2. To a small extent or degree.

Pronunciation

/ˈslaɪtli/ en-us-slightly.ogg

Word forms

slightly more slightly most slightly

Etymology

From slight + -ly.

Synonyms

a bit a little a little bit a mite a smidgen a smidgeon a tad a touch a trifle barely closely faintly hardly imperceptibly just kinda kinda sorta kind of low-key marginally mildly modestly nearly only just scarcely slightly somewhat sorta sorta kinda sort of not much

Antonyms

almost mostly very quite

Related words

miserably wretchedly degree extent modicum

Derived words

slightily slightly-enriched uranium
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