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Synonyms for slightly

  • adverb

Most common

marginally little a little only just faintly

Synonyms by meaning

Adverb

1. Marginally — to a small extent or degree

marginally, a bit informal, little, a little, only just, kind of informal, barely, hardly, scarcely

2. Slenderly — slenderly; delicately

slenderly rare, slimly rare

3. Faintly

faintly, weakly, feebly

Other

sort-of, modestly, more-or-less

Antonyms

very, quite, almost

All antonyms of slightly →

Definitions

  1. adv. 1

    Slenderly; delicately.

    He was slightly built, but tall.

  2. adv. 2

    To a small extent or degree.

    He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.

Related words

Is a kind of
partially successfully

Example sentences

  • hardly He studied hard, hardly taking time out for lunch.
  • barely Tom could barely hear what Mary was trying to say.
  • scarcely She had scarcely finished speaking when he cut in.
  • marginally That is marginally unimportant.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
slightlysteady
hardlysteady
barelyrising
scarcelyfalling
marginallysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
little2, barely2, hardly2, weakly2, feebly2, slimly
7 letters
faintly2
8 letters
scarcely2, modestly3
9 letters
slenderly
10 letters
marginally4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (little2 = 2 syllables).