slightly
Adverbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈslaɪtli//
Slenderly; delicately.
Adverb
- 1
Slenderly; delicately.
He was slightly built, but tall.
- 2
To a small extent or degree.
He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
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.
Herkunft
Etymology tree English slight Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English slightly From slight + -ly.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more slightly
- Superlativ
- most slightly