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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
Yolo County’s homeless population declined slightly over the past two years, but nearly two-thirds of the people counted in January were living outdoors as county leaders considered millions of dollars in cuts to the services many rely on.
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
Now, the qualifying procedure — which was already slightly altered from previous years — is getting altered again.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
That’s slightly elevated from the days before AI entered the conversation, before OpenAI launched its first AI model in November 2022, when the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds sat around 8%.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 16 May 2026
The leather-and-suede upper gives it a slightly elevated, outdoorsy look, while still being durable enough for the trail.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
After 73 editions, San Sebastián still remains slightly off the radar for some in the industry, shadowed by its bigger European counterparts.
—Jennifer Green, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Repot each in a small container or add the two survivors to one slightly-larger container.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
The texture is velvety and slightly oily, with a touch of coffee bitterness that adds structure.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
The heat will break slightly on Tuesday as a stronger weather system tracks across the Great Lakes.
—Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
Now, the qualifying procedure — which was already slightly altered from previous years — is getting altered again.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
That’s slightly elevated from the days before AI entered the conversation, before OpenAI launched its first AI model in November 2022, when the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds sat around 8%.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 16 May 2026
The leather-and-suede upper gives it a slightly elevated, outdoorsy look, while still being durable enough for the trail.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
After 73 editions, San Sebastián still remains slightly off the radar for some in the industry, shadowed by its bigger European counterparts.
—Jennifer Green, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Repot each in a small container or add the two survivors to one slightly-larger container.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
The texture is velvety and slightly oily, with a touch of coffee bitterness that adds structure.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
The heat will break slightly on Tuesday as a stronger weather system tracks across the Great Lakes.
—Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slightly
Adverb
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After being rejected by Palace, Semenyo spent the following year barely playing sport at all.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Misael eating meat alone, cutting up pieces with an enormous knife while barely lit by the flames in front of him, and, sporadically, almost-silent lightning bursts in the distant background.—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 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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Later, when the oldest hit her mid-teens and eventually went off to college, the two boys were nudged into leadership roles of their own and nominally put in charge of the youngest kid, a sister.—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
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The warnings came despite a ceasefire that has been nominally in place since April 17, although Israel and Hezbollah have been carrying out daily attacks since then.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
7 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 20 May. 2026.
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