slightly meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

slightly

adv

/ˈslaɪtli/

Etymology From slight + -ly.

Slenderly; delicately.

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.2021 April 23, Ronald Brownstein, “The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backward”, in CNN:

Synonyms: 30 terms
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
Antonyms: almost, mostly, very
Derived terms: slightily, slightly-enriched uranium
Related terms: miserably, wretchedly, degree, extent, modicum
Hypernyms: partially, successfully
Hyponyms: only