slightly

Adverb

Meaning

In a slight manner.

Slightingly; negligently.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

somewhat more or less slimly slenderly just less small rather short little half comparatively quite partly shortly
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Antonyms

allah inca spang all much right
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Phrases with the word

slightly different burn slightly slightly built slightly open slightly briny slightly glossy

Examples

his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory Source: Internet

the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other Source: Internet

a slenderly built woman Source: Internet

slightly built Source: Internet

1988 Olympics: Battle of the Brians main Going into the Olympics, Boitano and Brian Orser each had won a World title and each had excellent, balanced repertoire, with Boitano being known as the slightly better technician and Orser as the better artist. Source: Internet

² For those peculiarities which many of his successors and friends afterwards tried to imitate, namely, the poise of the neck, which was bent slightly to the left, and the melting glance of his eyes, this artist has accurately observed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

slighting slightingly slightish slightly briny slightly built slightly different