slightly meaning and definition

SLIGHTLY adverb

Definition of slightly (adverb)

1. to a small degree or extent
   • "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"
   • synonyms: more or less, somewhat
2. in a slim or slender manner
   • "a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built"
   • synonyms: slenderly, slimly