Meanings
comparative more slightly · superlative most slightly
- Slenderly; delicately.
He was slightly built, but tall.
- degreeTo a small extent or degree.
He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
1 more example
And while that number is expected to shift back slightly into positive territory over this decade, fewer children today establishes an unmistakable implication for tomorrow: fewer adults available as consumers, workers and taxpayers.
2021 April 23, Ronald Brownstein, “The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backward”, in CNNSynonyms: a little, marginally, somewhat, not much · Antonyms: quite, very
Synonyms & antonyms
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adverbto a small degree or extent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishslight
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishslightly
Translations
Ancient Greek ὀλίγον, ἦκα
- ὀλίγον (olígon)to a small extent or degree
- ἦκα (êka)to a small extent or degree
Arabic قَلِيلًا
- قَلِيلًا (qalīlan)to a small extent or degree
Bulgarian едва
- едва (edva)to a small extent or degree
Catalan lleugerament
- lleugeramentto a small extent or degree
Chinese Mandarin 瘦, 略微
- 瘦 (shòu)slenderly
- 略微 (lüèwēi)to a small extent or degree
- 稍微 (shāowēi)to a small extent or degree
Dutch lichtelijk, enigszins
- lichtelijkto a small extent or degree
- enigszinsto a small extent or degree
Esperanto iomete, ete
- iometeto a small extent or degree
- eteto a small extent or degree
- eteteto a small extent or degree
Finnish hennosti, hieman
- hennostislenderly
- hiemanto a small extent or degree
French finement, délicatement
- finementslenderly
- délicatementslenderly
- légèrementto a small extent or degree
German ein wenig, leicht
- ein wenigto a small extent or degree
- leichtto a small extent or degree
Hindi तनिक, तनिक
- तनिक (tanik)slenderly
- तनिक (tanik)to a small extent or degree
Hungarian kissé, kicsit
- kisséto a small extent or degree
- kicsitto a small extent or degree
- egy kicsitto a small extent or degree
- némilegto a small extent or degree
- valamelyestto a small extent or degree
- enyhénto a small extent or degree
- valamivelto a small extent or degree
- kicsivelto a small extent or degree
- egy kicsivelto a small extent or degree
- valamennyivelto a small extent or degree
Italian leggermente
- leggermenteto a small extent or degree
Japanese 少し, ちょっと
- 少し (sukoshi)to a small extent or degree
- ちょっと (chotto)to a small extent or degree
- ちょい (choi)to a small extent or degree
- ちょっぴり (choppiri)to a small extent or degree
- 少々 (shōshō)to a small extent or degree
Korean 조금, 약간
- 조금 (jogeum)to a small extent or degree
- 약간 (yakgan)to a small extent or degree
Māori tata
- tatato a small extent or degree
Norwegian Bokmål lett, litt
- lettto a small extent or degree
- littto a small extent or degree
- svaktto a small extent or degree
- lettereto a small extent or degree
Polish trochę, nieco
- trochęto a small extent or degree
- niecoto a small extent or degree
Portuguese finamente, ligeiramente
- finamenteslenderly
- ligeiramenteto a small extent or degree
- um poucoto a small extent or degree
Romanian puțin, ușor
- puținto a small extent or degree
- ușorto a small extent or degree
Russian немно́го, слегка́
- немно́го (nemnógo)to a small extent or degree
- слегка́ (slexká)to a small extent or degree
Spanish levemente, ligeramente
- levementeto a small extent or degree
- ligeramenteto a small extent or degree
Swedish aningen, något
- aningento a small extent or degree
- någotto a small extent or degree
Turkish azıcık, biraz
- azıcıkslenderly
- birazto a small extent or degree
- hafifto a small extent or degree
- hafifçeto a small extent or degree
Ukrainian зле́гка, ледь
- зле́гка (zléhka)to a small extent or degree
- ледь (ledʹ)to a small extent or degree
- тро́хи (tróxy)to a small extent or degree
Vietnamese hơi
- hơito a small extent or degree
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with slightly
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slightly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slightly
“slightly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slightly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slightly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slightly.
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