adverb
definition
Slenderly; delicately.
example
He was slightly built, but tall.
definition
(degree) To a small extent or degree.
example
He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
synonyms
Examples of slightly in a Sentence
His expression was slightly annoyed.
The car rocked slightly with a gust of wind.
The other two were of a slightly newer vintage.
His lips twitched slightly as he leaned back.
She leaned over to her brother and kissed him, slightly catching the curtain of the cot.
The landscape consists for the most part of waste stretches of heath, occasionally slightly overlaid with high fen.
The captain returned to the room, limping slightly and whistling a tune.
The child moved slightly in his sleep, smiled, and rubbed his forehead against the pillow.
He put his elbows on the table and folded his hands, leaning slightly toward Senor Medena.
He hastily dialed Cynthia's mother's number, as Fred stood guard at the slightly opened door.
Brown-haired, blue eyes, slightly hunched, angry.
Kris caught Katie.s gaze and shook his head ever so slightly, warning her against coming in.
His silver gaze was wary and his muscular frame only slightly smaller than Gabriel's.
Napoleon slightly turned his head, and put his plump little hand out behind him as if to take something.
And at that moment, though the day was still, a light gust of wind blowing over the army slightly stirred the streamers on the lances and the unfolded standards fluttered against their staffs.
Dean adjusted his position slightly, leaning in the direction of the door.
Even identical twins, thought until recently to have identical DNA, actually have slightly different DNA.
The wolf paused, turned its heavy forehead toward the dogs awkwardly, like a man suffering from the quinsy, and, still slightly swaying from side to side, gave a couple of leaps and with a swish of its tail disappeared into the skirt of the wood.
He ate anyway, surprised to find the chicken tender and juicy and the veggies still slightly crisp and well-seasoned.
His gaze slid to the floor, and he shook his head ever so slightly, as if trying to shake free an unpleasant thought.
He backed up slightly, bracing for her reaction.
He felt like a packaged pound of dog meat after slightly less than three hours sandwiched in his warm and comfortable bed between Ethel Rosewater's last frenzied spasm of pleasure and the screaming alarm clock.
It is slightly soluble in potassium sulphide.
Czartoryski, Novosiltsev, Prince Volkonsky, Strogonov, and the others, all richly dressed gay young men on splendid, well-groomed, fresh, only slightly heated horses, exchanging remarks and smiling, had stopped behind the Emperor.
He entered briskly, with a jerk at every step and his head slightly thrown back.
Napoleon turned to him with a pleasant, though slightly ironic, smile.
The battle of Borodino was not fought on a chosen and entrenched position with forces only slightly weaker than those of the enemy, but, as a result of the loss of the Shevardino Redoubt, the Russians fought the battle of Borodino on an open and almost unentrenched position, with forces only half as numerous as the French; that is to say, under conditions in which it was not merely unthinkable to fight for ten hours and secure an indecisive result, but unthinkable to keep an army even from complete disintegration and flight.
The father frowned, ever so slightly, and surreptitiously opened his wallet and counted his money.
The beds are formed of horse-droppings which have been slightly fermented and frequently turned, and may be made 2 or 3 ft.
The Alleghany Plateau consists of nearly horizontal beds of limestone, sandstone and shales, including important seams of coal; inclines slightly toward the north-west, and is intricately dissected by extensively branching streams into a maze of narrow canyons and steep-sided hills.
He was slightly flushed after galloping two miles, and reining in his horse he sighed restfully and looked round at the faces of his suite, young and animated as his own.
He felt the rise and fall of each breath and was inches from the slightly parted full lips just begging for a kiss.
Well if you must know, I picked up an attractive, slightly long in the tooth socialite, shopped for suits with her, brought her to the Roseville and yada, yada, yada.
The officer walked in front, leaning on a stick and slightly limping.
Lifting the skirt slightly with one hand so she wouldn't trip on it, she let the other hand slide lightly down the banister for added balance.
With the note in her hand, she opened the door slightly and peeked out.
The bay stumbled slightly and he patted its neck.
It was thick in her mouth, slightly sweet, and made her ravenous.
It was slightly after two o'clock when Dean saw Fitzgerald emerge from The Timberline Deli and stroll to his white Blazer parked on the street.
She tasted slightly sweet, the heat of her mouth contrasting with the chill of her skin, and smelled of lake water.
Dean told her Donnie was a guest at Bird Song and explained the lad, only slightly older than Martha, did not speak.
The faded jeans circled her slender hips slightly below the naval.
It forms glancing prisms of neutral reaction slightly soluble in water.
Natasha continued to lean out of the window for a long time, beaming at him with her kindly, slightly quizzical, happy smile.
During the financial year ending on the 30th of June 1901 these figures were slightly exceeded.
As she walked away from him, she let her hips swing slightly.
His piercing gaze held hers for a moment, and then his expression softened ever so slightly.
He glanced up at the cliff and his complexion paled slightly.
Yancey's expression sharpened slightly.
Adrienne watched him walk away, his shoulders drooped slightly.