slightly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb to a small degree or extent
    somewhat; more or less.
    • his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
    • the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
  2. adverb in a slim or slender manner
    slimly; slenderly.
    • a slenderly built woman
    • slightly built

WordNet


Slight"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a slight manner.
  2. Slightingly; negligently. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913