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slightly

adv
/ˈslaɪtli/

Etymology

From slight + -ly.

  1. inherited from *slihtaz✻ — “slippery, flat, level, plain”
  2. inherited from sliht — “smooth, level”
  3. inherited from slight — “bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”
  4. formed as slightly — “slight + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Slenderly

    Slenderly; delicately.

    • He was slightly built, but tall.

  2. To a small extent or degree.

    • He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
    • And while that number is expected to shift back slightly into positive territory over this decade, fewer children today establishes an unmistakable implication for tomorrow: fewer adults available as consumers, workers and taxpayers.

The neighborhood

Derived

slightily, slightly-enriched uranium

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for slightly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA