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say it: SLAHYT-lee
slightly is an adverb meaning "to a small degree or extent". It is pronounced /ˈslaɪtli/ — SLAHYT-lee. It carries 2 recorded senses.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for slightly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.