different between slighty vs slightly
slighty
English
Adjective
slighty (comparative more slighty, superlative most slighty)
- (obsolete) slight
- 1671, John Eachard, Some Observations upon the Answer
- Let them shew where any thing is advised or commanded after this slothful and slighty way.
- 1671, John Eachard, Some Observations upon the Answer
Anagrams
- Lightys, sightly
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slightly
English
Etymology
slight +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sla?tli/
- Hyphenation: slight?ly
Adverb
slightly (comparative more slightly, superlative most slightly)
- Slenderly; delicately.
- He was slightly built, but tall.
- (degree) To a small extent or degree.
- He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
- Synonyms: a little, marginally, somewhat
- Antonyms: quite, very
Usage notes
Slightly is often used by the English to mean almost the opposite, something like rather. For example, "The big picture here of course is that still staggeringly low numbers of these migrants are being hired though, isn't it? And despite these rather positive tales we've just heard, there seems to be a broader, slightly grimmer picture which perhaps will have a lesson for other countries thinking of receiving migrants." (Ed Butler on BBC Business Daily, Sept. 23, 2016)
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- what's slightly in french
- slightly what does it mean
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