Usually means: A small degree; not much.
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  1. slightly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slightly: Merriam-Webster
  3. slightly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. slightly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. slightly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. slightly: Vocabulary.com
  7. Slightly, slightly: Wordnik
  8. slightly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. slightly: Wiktionary
  10. slightly: Dictionary.com
  11. slightly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Slightly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. slightly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. slightly: Rhymezone
  15. Slightly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. slightly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. slightly: FreeDictionary.org
  18. slightly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. slightly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. slightly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. slightly: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slightly)

▸ adverb:  Slenderly; delicately.
▸ adverb:  (degree) To a small extent or degree.

Similar:
slenderly, slimly, somewhat, slighty, markedly, sightly, marginally, significantly, considerably, noticeably, more...

Opposite:
greatly, significantly, extremely, profoundly, immensely

Types:
a little, somewhat, to some extent, partly, more...

Phrases:
slightly wounded, slightly built, Slightly Stoopid, Slightly Mad Studios, I'm Going Slightly Mad, more...

Adjectives:
much, average, high, unlikely, colorless



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Similar:
slenderly, slimly, somewhat, slighty, markedly, sightly, marginally, significantly, considerably, noticeably, more...

Opposite:
greatly, significantly, extremely, profoundly, immensely

Types:
a little, somewhat, to some extent, partly, more...

Phrases:
slightly wounded, slightly built, Slightly Stoopid, Slightly Mad Studios, I'm Going Slightly Mad, Deflated Chime, Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline Responses, slightly dangerous, leave slightly open, more...

Adjectives:
much, average, high, unlikely, colorless



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