dictionary definitions for "slightly"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  slightly
      adv 1: to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat
             self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one
             slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" [syn:
             slightly, somewhat, more or less]
      2: in a slim or slender manner; "a slenderly built woman";
         "slightly built" [syn: slenderly, slimly, slightly]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slightly \Slight"ly\, adv.
     1. In a slight manner.
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     2. Slightingly; negligently. [Obs.] --Shak.
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