slightly

/ ˈslaɪtlɪ /

adverb

1. in small measure or degree

Example Sentences

Kolankiewicz took a job with Roy Beck, the Tanton protégé and former Washington editor of The Social Contract, who went on to found a slightly less strident “immigration reform” organization called NumbersUSA.

From Salon

For Ms Nash, this has been a six-year “labour of love”, made slightly easier, she admits, by having some of the men’s children still alive to draw on, something that has also made the process more special.

From BBC

An even slightly less lopsided Senate would likely reject Ratcliffe out of fear that he’d politicize intelligence—as indeed he did during the brief spell, at the end of Trump’s first term, when he was director of national intelligence, the office that oversees and coordinates the 18 U.S. intel agencies.

From Slate

Ratcliffe’s nomination as CIA director is only slightly less egregious.

From Slate

Whenever I go back to London I am always slightly surprised at the level of service.

From Salon

Related Words

• kind of
• lightly
• marginally
• somewhat