[
UK
/slˈaɪtli/
]
[ US /ˈsɫaɪtɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫaɪtɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
to a small degree or extent
the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory -
in a slim or slender manner
slightly built
a slenderly built woman
How To Use slightly In A Sentence
- This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
- Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
- His eyes have a certain amount of little-boy-lost about them and his slightly nervy, jumpy presence also helps him appear a lot younger than his 43 years.
- They will be slightly more expensive but they last a lot longer.
- Yet the video footage shows a man slightly unsteady on his feet. Times, Sunday Times
- Today he is slightly less bullish about the book and his boardroom skills. Times, Sunday Times
- But the consumer magazine also noted that people rated the no-frills carriers slightly worse than two years ago.
- Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent. Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge
- Ribs are straight or slightly biconcave and fade on the ventral surface where they merge into the lateral keel.
- With a full tank of fuel, the weight bias shifts rearwards slightly, which helps traction, as does the standard limited slip differential.
