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as in barely
by a very small margin
I thought the first one was slightly better
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as in little
in a very small quantity or degree
he was slightly curious about the identity of the wine, but not enough to bother asking
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Recent Examples of slightly
The Shenzhou spacecraft is similar to, but also slightly larger than, Russia's Soyuz crew spacecraft.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 May 2026
The Golden Nugget Atlantic City offers a slightly more low-key alternative to some of the larger casino resorts nearby.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
This will add extra nutrients, but also slightly raise the soil level.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026
That timetable slipped slightly, as did the scale of the event.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 23 May 2026
The barley provides a satisfying mouth weight, while the bourbon finish lends a smooth, slightly creamy mid-palate.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Using a heatproof spatula or your favorite wooden spoon, stir until the mixture thicken slightly and reaches 160 degrees, making sure the mixture doesn’t curdle.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
That was lower than the California average of 5% and slightly higher than the nationwide average of 4%.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026
The feature film had a slightly smaller budget than typical Star Wars films, with the cost of production estimated to be around $165 million.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 May 2026
The Golden Nugget Atlantic City offers a slightly more low-key alternative to some of the larger casino resorts nearby.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
This will add extra nutrients, but also slightly raise the soil level.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026
That timetable slipped slightly, as did the scale of the event.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 23 May 2026
The barley provides a satisfying mouth weight, while the bourbon finish lends a smooth, slightly creamy mid-palate.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Using a heatproof spatula or your favorite wooden spoon, stir until the mixture thicken slightly and reaches 160 degrees, making sure the mixture doesn’t curdle.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
That was lower than the California average of 5% and slightly higher than the nationwide average of 4%.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026
The feature film had a slightly smaller budget than typical Star Wars films, with the cost of production estimated to be around $165 million.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slightly
Adverb
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For more than a decade, your electricity bill barely moved.—
Iulia Lupse,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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The noisy city outside is barely discernible through the floor-to-ceiling windows, which allow natural light to flood in when the drapes are drawn.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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And without a doubt most, if not all, of what is now held up as great literature within Russia is little more than propaganda.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The traditional start of summer vacation season — Memorial Day — is little more than a week away.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
16 May 2026
Adverb
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Heard whole, the Barber-Menotti product is as gloriously over the top as anything that Bette Davis ever made with William Wyler—and Heartbeat’s reduction of it to its burning cinders is as just as effective as Glyndebourne’s grandly eloquent take.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Having overseen the game tent for many years, Cornelius knew just the thing to say in order to goad the customers into buying tickets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Tissues that don’t receive enough oxygen don’t perform nominally.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
20 May 2026
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The real question is where 750,000 frontier accelerators that were nominally reserved for Chinese buyers end up in a world that has been compute-constrained for two years.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Adverb
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Longtime Sacramento City Council member Eric Guerra has so far outraised political newcomer Flojaune Cofer, who is considered farther to the political left and narrowly lost the Sacramento mayoral race in 2024.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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And maybe the Democrats would push it through on partisan grounds in a scenario where the Democrats had narrowly managed to win the House even while the Republicans had a significant structural advantage.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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In an economy where wages are anchored to what compute would cost to replicate human work, human labor becomes economically marginal—not worthless, but negligibly small relative to the overall pie.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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In other words, the chin contributes negligibly to resisting chewing forces.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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For much of my life, my mother’s side of the family—consummate New Englanders, some of them descended from a passenger on the Mayflower—seemed somewhat foreign to me.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Although prices have since pulled back somewhat, prices in Europe, the United States, and Singapore remain well above pre-conflict levels, and cost pressures on the aviation industry remain significant.—
,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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“Slightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slightly. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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