adv
Meaning 1
Slenderly; delicately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was slightly built, but tall.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
slightly
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/ˈslaɪtli/
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CMU ARPABET: S L AY1 T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
To a small extent or degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: degree
Examples
- He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: a little, marginally, somewhat, not much
Antonyms: quite, very
adverb
Meaning 3
to a small degree or extent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
- the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: somewhat, more or less
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a slim or slender manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a slenderly built woman
- slightly built
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slenderly, slimly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English slight Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English slightly From slight + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 瘦 (shòu) — slenderly
- Finnish: hennosti — slenderly
- French: finement — slenderly
- French: délicatement — slenderly
- Hindi: तनिक (tanik) — slenderly
- Portuguese: finamente — slenderly
- Turkish: azıcık — slenderly
- Arabic: قَلِيلًا (qalīlan) — to a small extent or degree
- Tunisian Arabic: دوبلاش (dūbillāš) — to a small extent or degree
- Bulgarian: едва (edva) — to a small extent or degree
- Catalan: lleugerament — to a small extent or degree
- Chinese Mandarin: 略微 (lüèwēi) — to a small extent or degree
- Chinese Mandarin: 稍微 (shāowēi) — to a small extent or degree
- Dutch: lichtelijk — to a small extent or degree
- Dutch: enigszins — to a small extent or degree
- Esperanto: iomete — to a small extent or degree
- Esperanto: ete — to a small extent or degree
- Esperanto: etete — to a small extent or degree
- Finnish: hieman — to a small extent or degree
- French: légèrement — to a small extent or degree
- Galician: lixeiramente — to a small extent or degree
- Galician: levemente — to a small extent or degree
- German: ein wenig — to a small extent or degree
- German: leicht — to a small extent or degree
- Ancient Greek: ὀλίγον (olígon) — to a small extent or degree
- Ancient Greek: ἦκα (êka) — to a small extent or degree
- Hindi: तनिक (tanik) — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: kissé — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: kicsit — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: egy kicsit — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: némileg — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: valamelyest — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: enyhén — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: valamivel — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: kicsivel — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: egy kicsivel — to a small extent or degree
- Hungarian: valamennyivel — to a small extent or degree
- Ido: poke — to a small extent or degree
- Italian: leggermente — to a small extent or degree
- Japanese: 少し (sukoshi) — to a small extent or degree
- Korean: 조금 (jogeum) — to a small extent or degree
- Korean: 약간 (yakgan) — to a small extent or degree
- Macedonian: малку (malku) — to a small extent or degree
- Macedonian: малкуцка (malkucka) — to a small extent or degree
- Māori: tata — to a small extent or degree
- Norwegian Bokmål: lett — to a small extent or degree
- Norwegian Bokmål: litt — to a small extent or degree
- Norwegian Bokmål: svakt — to a small extent or degree
- Norwegian Bokmål: lettere — to a small extent or degree
- Polish: trochę — to a small extent or degree
- Polish: nieco — to a small extent or degree
- Portuguese: ligeiramente — to a small extent or degree
- Portuguese: um pouco — to a small extent or degree
- Romanian: puțin — to a small extent or degree
- Romanian: ușor — to a small extent or degree
- Russian: немно́го (nemnógo) — to a small extent or degree
- Russian: слегка́ (slexká) — to a small extent or degree
- Sanskrit: ईषत् (īṣat) — to a small extent or degree
- Spanish: levemente — to a small extent or degree
- Spanish: ligeramente — to a small extent or degree
- Swedish: aningen — to a small extent or degree
- Swedish: något — to a small extent or degree
- Tok Pisin: liklik — to a small extent or degree
- Turkish: biraz — to a small extent or degree
- Turkish: hafif — to a small extent or degree
- Turkish: hafifçe — to a small extent or degree
- Ukrainian: зле́гка (zléhka) — to a small extent or degree
- Ukrainian: ледь (ledʹ) — to a small extent or degree
- Ukrainian: тро́хи (tróxy) — to a small extent or degree
- Vietnamese: hơi — to a small extent or degree
- Zhuang: loq — to a small extent or degree
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