1
as in barely
by a very small margin
I thought the first one was slightly better
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2
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 Synonyms for slightly
Adverb
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And while that should be central to conversations about tourism, it has barely been mentioned.—
Wilson Santiago Burgos,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025 -
Breakthrough technologies—such as real-time watershed monitoring or nutrient and plastic pollution control, to name a few—barely register with investors.—
Eyal Harel,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Apparel prices were little changed overall (-0.2% in July), though some items including boys’ apparel (1.9%) and footwear (0.9%) did go up.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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Shares of Meta and Alphabet were little changed in extended trading.—
Pia Singh,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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Fox, who just completed graduate school, decided to dedicate part of a month-long break to searching for a diamond.—
Arkansas State Parks,
Arkansas Online,
19 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump had just spent several hours in meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven other leaders from Europe who had come along in a frantic effort to shore up U.S. support for the Ukrainian position.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
19 Aug. 2025
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Powell is also expected to announce a reversal of a 5-year-old policy shift that could keep interest rates somewhat higher over the long term.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
23 Aug. 2025
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Those extra reps add up, which leads to a somewhat surprising conclusion.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Slightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slightly. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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