slightly

1 by a very small margin I thought the first one was slightly better Synonyms barely, hardly, marginally, narrowly, scarcely, justRelated Words minimally, minutely, scantly; almost, approximately, closely, more or less, nearly, partly, plus or minus, roughly, somewhatNear Antonyms definitely, easily, plainly, positively, quite, unquestionably; abundantly, completely, copiously, fully, generously, greatlyAntonyms considerably, significantly, substantially, vastly, well

2 in a very small quantity or degree he was slightly curious about the identity of the wine, but not enough to bother asking Synonyms negligibly, nominally, littleRelated Words meagerly, scantily; barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcelyNear Antonyms completely, entirely, purely, thoroughly, totally, utterly; eminently, exceptionally; appreciably, discernibly, noticeably, palpably; abundantly, plentifully; generously, handsomely, liberally; astronomically, grandly, hugely, monstrously, monumentallyAntonyms awful, awfully, beastly, considerably, deadly, especially, exceedingly (also exceeding), extensively, extra, extremely, far, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, jolly, mightily, mighty, mortally, most, much, particularly, rattling, real, right, significantly, so, something, substantially, super, terribly, too, very, whacking