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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈslaɪtli/ Audio: en-us-slightly.ogg Forms: more slightly [comparative], most slightly [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtli Etymology: From slight + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|slight|ly}} slight + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} slightly (comparative more slightly, superlative most slightly)
  1. Slenderly; delicately. Translations (slenderly): (shòu) (Chinese Mandarin), hennosti (Finnish), finement (French), délicatement (French), finamente (Portuguese), azıcık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-slightly-en-adv-dsbygU9- Disambiguation of 'slenderly': 97 3
  2. (degree) To a small extent or degree. Synonyms: a little, marginally, somewhat, not much Translations (to a small extent or degree): ὀλίγον (olígon) (Ancient Greek), ἦκα (êka) (Ancient Greek), قَلِيلًا (qalīlan) (Arabic), едва (edva) (Bulgarian), lleugerament (Catalan), 略微 (lüèwēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 稍微 (shāowēi) (Chinese Mandarin), lichtelijk (Dutch), enigszins (Dutch), iomete (Esperanto), etete (Esperanto), hieman (Finnish), légèrement (French), lixeiramente (Galician), levemente (Galician), ein wenig (German), leicht (German), kissé (Hungarian), kicsit (Hungarian), egy kicsit (Hungarian), némileg (Hungarian), valamelyest (Hungarian), enyhén (Hungarian), valamivel (note: with a comparative adjective) (Hungarian), kicsivel (Hungarian), egy kicsivel (Hungarian), valamennyivel (Hungarian), poke (Ido), leggermente (Italian), 少し (sukoshi) (Japanese), 조금 (jogeum) (Korean), 약간 (yakgan) (Korean), малку (malku) (Macedonian), малкуцка (malkucka) (Macedonian), tata (Maori), lett (Norwegian Bokmål), litt (Norwegian Bokmål), svakt (Norwegian Bokmål), lettere (Norwegian Bokmål), trochę (Polish), nieco (Polish), ligeiramente (Portuguese), um pouco (Portuguese), puțin (Romanian), ușor (Romanian), немно́го (nemnógo) (Russian), слегка́ (slexká) (Russian), ईषत् (īṣat) (Sanskrit), levemente (Spanish), ligeramente (Spanish), aningen (Swedish), något (Swedish), liklik (Tok Pisin), دوبلاش (dūbillāš) (Tunisian Arabic), biraz (Turkish), hafif (Turkish), hafifçe (Turkish), зле́гка (zléhka) (Ukrainian), ледь (ledʹ) (Ukrainian), тро́хи (tróxy) (Ukrainian), hơi (Vietnamese), loq (Zhuang)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: partially, successfully Hyponyms: only Derived forms: slightly-enriched uranium Related terms: miserably, wretchedly, degree, extent, modicum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tok Pisin translations",
    "Terms with Tunisian Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Zhuang translations"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "pl",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to a small extent or degree",
      "word": "ligeiramente"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "sa",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tpi",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zléhka",
      "sense": "to a small extent or degree",
      "word": "зле́гка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ledʹ",
      "sense": "to a small extent or degree",
      "word": "ледь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tróxy",
      "sense": "to a small extent or degree",
      "word": "тро́хи"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to a small extent or degree",
      "word": "hơi"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "to a small extent or degree",
      "word": "loq"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slightly"
}

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