'Slightly' definitions:
Definition of 'slightly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
To a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" [syn: slightly, somewhat, more or less]
adverb
Definition of 'Slightly'
From: GCIDE
- Slightly \Slight"ly\, adv.
- 1. In a slight manner. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Slightingly; negligently. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slightly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit,
- a little,
- barely,
- by a hair,
- by an ace,
- ever so little,
- exiguously,
- extremely,
- faintly,
- fairly,
- feebly,
- frugally,
- hardly,
- imperfectly,
- in a measure,
- in a nutshell,
- in a way,
- in miniature,
- in some measure,
- in the small,
- inappreciably,
- inconsequentially,
- insignificantly,
- just a bit,
- kind of,
- lightly,
- little,
- marginally,
- meagerly,
- minimally,
- minutely,
- negligibly,
- not hardly,
- only just,
- poorly,
- pretty,
- punily,
- quite,
- rather,
- scantily,
- scarcely,
- small,
- smally,
- somewhat,
- sort of,
- sparely,
- sparingly,
- tant soit peu,
- to a degree,
- to some extent,
- triflingly,
- very,
- weakly