SLIGHTLY in a Sentence

Learn SLIGHTLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
285 example sentences for SLIGHTLY, such as:
1. The new model is slightly more sporty.
2. He swayed slightly, as if about to fall.
3. Beat it until the dough is slightly elastic.
4. I interrogated everyone even slightly involved.
5. His family then moved to a slightly larger house.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SLIGHTLY
slightly
 ad.  to a small degree or extent
 ad.  in a slim or slender manner
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Her eyes were pale green without a touch of hazel, starred with bristly black lashes and slightly tilted at the ends.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  His five tall brothers gave him good-by with admiring but slightly patronizing smiles, for Gerald was the baby and the little one of a brawny family.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  "Miss Ellen Robillard," said Gerald, trying to speak casually, for the slightly tilting dark eyes of Ellen Robillard had taken more than his eye.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  The door of her parents' bedroom was slightly ajar and, before she could knock, Ellen's voice, low but stern, came to her ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  If she did resent it, she never gave any sign of it, treating Scarlett with the same slightly aloof, kindly courtesy she had always shown her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  Some she knew slightly, others she vaguely remembered, but most of them she knew not at all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  But for all his habit of making oracular statements and his slightly pompous manner, he was as kindly a man as the town possessed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
8  Both the doctor and his wife looked slightly shocked at her ignorance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  He gave her the box with a slightly sardonic smile and watched her while she put it on again and preened herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  She shut her eyes tightly, trying to squeeze out tears, but remembered to turn her face up slightly so he could kiss her with no difficulty.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  The ladies of Atlanta knew their neighbors' business only slightly less completely than they knew their own and were far more interested in it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  She was not sure what acquisitiveness meant but as he praised it she felt slightly mollified.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  It made her slightly sick to look at it and to remember that night.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
14  His profile did not change but she thought he sighed slightly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
15  Will's eyes rested for a moment on Scarlett and they crinkled slightly at the corners as if he were inwardly smiling comfort to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
Example Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1  They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
2  Beat it until the dough is slightly elastic.
3  Put the two pieces of paper together so that they overlap slightly.
4  Driving through the total darkness was a slightly surreal experience.
5  Whenever he was angry he would begin to stammer slightly.
6  He's slightly aggressive, which a lot of people find a bit off-putting when they first meet him.
7  For this year, we have decided to change the format of the conference slightly.
8  He swayed slightly, as if about to fall.
9  His family then moved to a slightly larger house.
10  OPEC has agreed to freeze its global oil production slightly in order to firm up crude prices.
11  The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
12  I interrogated everyone even slightly involved.
13  His hand shook slightly as he inserted the key into the lock.
14  The number of passengers by this line fell off slightly in January.
15  The new model is slightly more sporty.