1 a little:
a slightly different version * We took a slightly more direct route. * I knew her slightly. * 'Are you worried?' 'Only slightly.'
2 a slightly built person is small and thin
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for slightly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is slightly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, slightly is tagged as adverb.
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