Slightly
['slaɪtlɪ] or ['slaɪtli]
Definition
(adv.) 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'.
Typist: Marvin--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a slight manner.
(adv.) Slightingly; negligently.
Typed by Humphrey
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Little, in a small degree.[2]. Weakly, feebly, slenderly.[3]. Cursorily, negligently, hastily, in a superficial manner.[4]. Scornfully, contemptuously, disrespectfully, slightingly.
Typist: Sol
Examples
- Often, indeed, when pressed by Hortense to come, she would refuse, because Robert did not second, or but slightly seconded the request. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Winifred did not notice human beings unless they were like herself, playful and slightly mocking. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- White pearls include pure white and white slightly tinted with pink, blue, green or yellow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Dorothea shuddered slightly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You doubt me, cried Jane, slightly colouring; indeed, you have no reason. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She paused again, a little breathless with the unwonted length of her speech, and sat with her lips slightly parted and a deep blush on her cheeks. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She bent her head slightly, without looking at him. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He looked at them slightly, without seeming to know who they were, and merely nodded to Mrs. Jennings from the other side of the room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Therefore the young man, slightly too dictatorial, directed the guests to their places. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Later, the bowl became more pointed, the drop was replaced by a tongue, and the handle, after 1760, instead of slightly curving to the front at the end, reversed the position. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Jackson, shifting himself slightly in his chair, turned a tranquil gaze on the young man's burning face. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was not unpleasant to the taste, though slightly acid, and I learned in a short time to prize it very highly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- As boracic acid is but slightly soluble in water and other common solvents this combination with glycerine--which is also a useful agent in arresting the growth of germs--is peculiarly valuable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He bowed very slightly without speaking, and the smile with which he greeted his lordship was scarcely perceptible. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Miss Bart shrank from it slightly, and then flung herself into precipitate explanations. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She blushed slightly, and cast a grateful look on Mr. Jingle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I saw him steal a glance at her, and slightly smile to himself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Glancing towards Mr and Mrs Boffin, she very slightly raised her eyebrows, as though inquiring of her husband: 'Do I notice anything wrong here? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Rival companies have sprung up, using slightly different varieties of apparatus. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Thus the southern shores of America, Australia, and New Zealand may have become slightly tinted by the same peculiar forms of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I could only move it slightly, and it was with the aid of one of the constables that I succeeded at last in carrying it to one side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I may remark that the bread in these sausages was not treated, and therefore it has become slightly sour, but the pork has kept perfectly fresh. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Mr. Guppy, slightly nudging his friend to take another look, makes a shuffling bow to Mr. Tulkinghorn, who returns it with an easy nod. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her eyes were round and wondering, bewildered, her mouth quivered slightly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Just now and then,' he answered, slightly. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He was a ready man, and he saw, and seized, an opportunity here of presenting her own image to her, slightly disguised as her brother. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Her love made no answer; and after slightly bowing to the ladies, began complaining of the weather. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It is a pity you take on so, Miss Briggs, the young lady said, with a cool, slightly sarcastic, air. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was another door, slightly open. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Sol