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单词 slightly
释义
slightly
adverb
uk
/ˈslaɪt.li/us
/ˈslaɪt.li/

slightlyadverb(SMALL IN AMOUNT)

B2
a little:
稍微，略微
She's slightlytallerthan hersister.她比她姐姐稍高一点儿。
I'm slightlyupsetsheforgotmybirthday.她忘了我的生日，我有点儿不高兴。
I'm slightlyworriedthat she'll getloston the way.我有点担心她会迷路。
More examples
  • They were only slightlyinjuredin thecrash.
  • Thesauceitself waslight,fragrantand slightlysweet.
  • One of theoccupantsof thecarwas slightlyinjured.
  • Therichnessof thefoodmade himfeelslightlyill.
  • Thepoundroseslightly against thedollartoday, thensettledat $1.53.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Some and quite
  • (a) sort ofidiom
  • a piece/slice/share of the pieidiom
  • bit
  • certain
  • degree
  • faintly
  • fairly
  • ha'porth
  • halfway
  • pie
  • pretty
  • quite
  • rather
  • remotely
  • several
  • sort
  • to a/some degreeidiom
  • touch
  • trifle
  • vaguely
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slightlyadverb(THIN)

Someone who is slightlybuiltisthinanddelicate.
苗条地；纤细地
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
  • be skin and bone(s)idiom
  • beanpole
  • cadaverous
  • ectomorph
  • emaciation
  • gauntness
  • gracile
  • hard-bodied
  • hatchet-faced
  • hollow
  • hollow-cheeked
  • lanky
  • raw-boned
  • scrawny
  • skinny
  • slenderize
  • slight
  • svelte
  • sylphlike
  • wasted
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Grammar

Degree adverbs (slightly) and focusing adverbs (generally)
Degree and focusing adverbs are the most common types of modifiers of adjectives and other adverbs. Degree adverbs express degrees of qualities, properties, states, conditions and relations. Focusing adverbs point to something.…
(Definition ofslightlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

slightly| American Dictionary

slightly
adverb
us
/ˈslɑɪt·li/
in asmallamountordegree:
She’s slightlytallerthan hersister.
(Definition ofslightlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslightly

slightly
Probabilities that are identical or only haveslightlysignificant differences appear unmarked.
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The structures in (27b-d) represent aslightlydifferent case.
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Their current estimate was that the mass of the neutron should be increasedslightlyto 1.001 amu.
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In fact, their use of onslightlyoutweighs their use of nous (56% vs. 44%).
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The mean age wasslightlyhigher in 2002, particularly among women.
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In some cases, it seems that the source was radically summarised, and in others, onlyslightlyparaphrased.
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Slightlyover two-thirds left before two years had elapsed.
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The term internalization is but aslightlydisguised synonym of ingestion.
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Perhaps the peak sensitivity of my long-wave cones isslightlydisplaced from that of yours.
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A considerable decline in the effect was observed when the same object wasslightlytranslated in the visual field.
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Theslightlylower estimates that are often obtained could result from the inability to learn the chunks quickly enough.
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To put it inslightlydifferent terms: p-dreams, despite being experiences, have no interesting biological function.
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There it took on aslightlydifferent meaning.
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In fact, since languages are continually changing, a node only represents changes occurring just prior to that point, during that time, orslightlyafter it.
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The abdomen of the female was held straight out, with the ovipositorslightlyraised.
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