mildly
adv/ˈmaɪldli/
Etymology From mild + -ly.
1
In a mild manner.
- Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
2
To a mild degree; slightly.
- a mildly amusing joke
- The aroma is mildly sweet and lagery with pleasant hops; very pale gold color; the taste is clean and fresh, mildly malty, with a touch of hops in both the middle and finish; a remarkably thin body and lots of carbonation.2005, Beverage Media, volume 81, numbers 3-4, page 685:
- Derived terms
- put it mildly, to put it mildly