mildly

1. 1.

   to a moderate degree

   “he was mildly interested”
2. 2.

   in a gentle manner

   “he talked gently to the injured animal”

   Synonymsgently

Questions about mildly

What does mildly mean?

mildly means "to a moderate degree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mildly?

mildly has 2 syllables: mild-ly. The stress falls on "mild". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪldli/.

What is another word for mildly?

Close synonyms include gently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mildly a common word?

mildly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.