Slightly
Meanings and phrases
slightly
- to a small degree or extent; somewhat; more or less
- in a slim or slender manner; slenderly; slimly
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- Each faction endorsed slightly different policies.
- This criticism appears in slightly different forms.
- The last 2 were in a slightly different 1:28 scale.
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- Slovak has slightly more borrowed words than Czech.
- It attracted slightly more than 29 million viewers.
- However, they are slightly more expensive to build.
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- Females are slightly larger, on average, than males.
- "R. naso" is slightly larger and has darker fur.
- The males are slightly larger than the females.
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- They differ only slightly in lexicon and phonology.
- The back is only slightly arched or is nearly flat.
- The rules in the two countries differ only slightly.
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- Some recommend slightly higher firing temperatures.
- It has a slightly higher degree of osmolarity (i.e.
- Some models have shown accuracy slightly higher than domain experts.
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- The female's crest is slightly less well developed.
- There a slightly less Muslims in the southern parts of Ghana.
- The vertical drop for a men's course is and slightly less for women.
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- The males are slightly smaller than the females.
- The male is slightly smaller than the female.
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- The fadeout is slightly longer on the mono mix.
- The blue trail is slightly longer than the red trail.
- The slightly longer combination cars were overall long and wide.
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- However, some cows' pins do sit slightly lower than the spine.
- Bore is and stroke is ever so slightly lower from the 2VZ-FE at .
- This is only slightly lower than previous estimates for the species.
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- Fundex Games later produced a slightly modified version of the game.
- The title was slightly modified to "Daleks – Mission to the Unknown".
- The structure was slightly modified in 1997 to increase its stability.
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- Costa slightly curved and resemble a hooked tip.
- Cleavage faces are up to across and slightly curved.
- The columella is slightly curved and unfolded.
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- In 1995 he performed slightly better.
- Besides North, the plexes in Mumbai should fare slightly better."
- The resulting queenless middlegame scores slightly better for White.
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- In total, he only got 12 points , just slightly above the median.
- The dropout rate of the Class of 2011 was slightly above 30 percent.
- The peristome is continuous and is slightly above and below on the inner side.
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- The film was slightly altered for the U.S. audience.
- (A Man After Midnight)" with slightly altered lyrics.
- This edition is notable with its slightly altered album artwork.
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- The antennae are slightly shorter than the body.
- It was also slightly shorter than the album version.
- C-N distances are slightly shorter than C-C distances.
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- On the field, he was slightly below average at third base.
- She makes a nest on or slightly below the surface of the ground among open vegetation.
- However, AVG scored 81.05 in Virus Bulletin's lab tests, which is slightly below average.
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- Liquids are only very slightly compressible.
- The lip here is very slightly reflected on the umbilicus.
- The jaw is very slightly arcuate, the ends a trifle rounded.
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- Other European countries saw slightly later release dates.
- The outer walls are generally believed to have been constructed slightly later.
- This event may have happened during the reign of Azes (35–12 BCE), or slightly later.
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- It is probably only slightly older.
- The map suggests the universe is slightly older than researchers expected.
- In 2010, the character returned, portrayed as slightly older by child actor Garrett Ryan.
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- The male has a slightly darker throat than the female.
- The legs may also be slightly darker.
- The skin is slightly darker brown on the upper part of the body.
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- The shell has 5.5 whorls, that are slightly convex above.
- These covers were slightly convex and ribbed for stiffness.
- The spire is low and conoidal, with 5 slightly convex whorls.
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- A single barrel vaulted nave with a slightly wider apse.
- Jack planes are long and wide, with wooden-stocked planes sometimes being slightly wider.
- The carapace is rounded in outline, without any rostrum, and is slightly wider than it is long.
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- Furolo slightly damaged the vehicle but was unhurt.
- Tianxin Pavilion was slightly damaged during the war.
- "Peter Dal" was only slightly damaged.
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- The opening sequence changed slightly in this season.
- The boundaries were changed slightly in 1987.
- The track's layout has changed slightly from its original layout.
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- There is a slightly increased incidence of UCD in women.
- There is a slightly increased incidence of iMCD in women.
- Compared to 2002, he slightly increased his parliamentary score.
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- This results in slightly reduced memory access speed.
- Furthermore, the coins were slightly reduced in size.
- Her armament was slightly reduced to 81 guns.
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- The protocols for 5' or 3' RACES differ slightly.
- Many drummers differ slightly or radically from them.
- Pronunciations can also differ slightly from region to region.
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- Lopez "loved it", although slightly changed the chorus.
- Some levels were also slightly changed to match Chuchel's new colour.
- This unit had its name slightly changed to General de la Rey Regiment.
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- The high altar of the church was rededicated in 1336; part of the chancel dates from slightly earlier than that.
- Some of the musical features used are reminiscent of "L'Orfeo", written slightly earlier for similar instrumental and vocal forces.
- Zeus intended his son to rule Greece but according to the rules of succession Eurystheus, born slightly earlier, preempted the right.
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- Going slightly further, "The XVIII.
- The current bridge replaced its predecessor, slightly further upstream, in 1924.
- Annoatok, once a small hunting station, was slightly further north (at 78°33'N) and about 24 km (15 mi) from Etah.
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- This was opposite and slightly north of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial.
- Nettleton’s group had pulled out ahead flying slightly north of the intended flight path.
- MS 23 shifts slightly north past Pineville Road, and it ends at the Mississippi–Alabama state line.
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- Two of the seconds were slightly wounded.
- Webb was reported later as "slightly wounded" during the battle.
- Mike shows up and helps a slightly wounded Stretch back to her home.
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- The result was slightly faster ships with greater range.
- Female chicks have a slightly faster feathering than males.
- Portsmouth handicap numbers, however, place the Laser slightly faster.
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- Their mechanism of action differs slightly.
- The Granada TV adaptation with Jeremy Brett differs slightly.
- Buckton's gatehouse differs slightly in having the passage offset to one side.
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- It has a shallow body, and a slightly raised fingerboard.
- They live in large dens in frost-free, slightly raised ground.
- A slightly raised area, resembling a low stage is provided facing Waterloo Bridge.
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- (Actual distance may vary slightly.)
- The design of a Dive Coaster can vary slightly from one to another.
- Image sizes may vary slightly from one copy to another due to paper shrinkage.
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- In 1935, a slightly improved model of the CV-33 was introduced and designated CV-35.
- Florence slowly intensified as the eye persisted and the structure slightly improved.
- The M1917 proved unsatisfactory in service, and a slightly improved version, the M1918, was adopted within months.
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- The AS-513 mission (Skylab 1) had slightly greater liftoff thrust of .
- They each have slightly greater mass than the Sun: 107% and 105%, respectively.
- Other modern equations of only slightly greater complexity are much more accurate.
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- The castaneous operculum is slightly concave within.
- Sides are flat to slightly concave; sutures flush and oblique.
- Frons (forehead) slightly concave.
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- At or slightly before 2 (TDC) fuel is injected and burns in the compressed hot air.
- From Sergeant's Crag the ridge drops slightly before reaching its terminus at Eagle Crag.
- An Egyptian colony stationed in southern Canaan dates to slightly before the First Dynasty.
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- The lyrics were slightly revised in 1909.
- In 2012, in a slightly revised version, it became available as an e/book.
- It was slightly revised and reprinted under the title "The Mastiff of Rimini" in 1926.
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- Mackay was slightly injured in one such attack.
- The blasts slightly injured a police officer.
- One police officer was slightly injured when Popal was apprehended.
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- Production increased slightly in 2006 to 465,000 ounces.
- By 1962, this had increased slightly to 46%.
- Starting in the 1970s, the population increased slightly.
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- A detached garage is set slightly behind the structure.
- The commander sits slightly behind the bow gunner while the gunner sits behind the driver.
- It also has a short rear tip and its origin is slightly behind the origin of the anal fin.
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- Below there are slightly elevated striae.
- Its stichosome has 30–40 stichocytes and it has a slightly elevated anterior vulval lip.
- At slightly elevated temperatures, the halogens bromine (Br) and iodine (I) also form diatomic gases.
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- Fundex Games later produced a slightly modified version of the game.
- The Veterans Administration also adopted a slightly modified version of Medical 203.
- The body was a slightly modified version of that used on the earlier Lanchester Fourteen.
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- You set up the Tree just slightly in front of the orchestra.
- In total, he only got 12 points , just slightly above the median.
- Its curb weight was just slightly higher than that of the standard H6-3.0 L.L.
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- The pH of the skin is between 4.5 and 6.2, slightly acidic.
- It is also aromatic and slightly acidic.
- It has a sour, slightly acidic taste.
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- Álvarez weighed slightly lighter at 159.4 pounds.
- Some have slightly lighter, amber eyes.
- The juvenile is slightly lighter, though retains similar coloring.
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- Females are slightly heavier than males.
- Rainfall was slightly heavier in North Carolina, with a few areas experiencing more than .
- Dehydration often produces a more compact, albeit slightly heavier, end result than freeze-drying.
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- They are slightly paler on their underside.
- The labellum is a slightly paler green, lance-shaped, long, wide.
- The hindwings are slightly paler sooty brown and darker toward the margin.
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- However, each state codified the federal distinction slightly differently.
- It had a similar (but slightly differently derived) sound quality to the DX series.
- The term "general election" is used slightly differently in British and American English.
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- Ethnic Yazidis have a slightly younger population compared to ethnic Armenians.
- In issue 54, George makes his full debut as a slightly younger character with light brown hair.
- Although larger and denser than the nearby Quintuplet Cluster, it appears to be slightly younger.
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- This station was located slightly north-west to the former station.
- On September 11, 2001, a terrorist attack destroyed the World Trade Center, located slightly to the north of South Ferry and the Battery.
- Twin Lakes is in the eastern half of the island, located slightly more than north of Pointe aux Pins, the Bois Blanc island dock and settlement.
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- By the morning of November 8, Florence weakened slightly to Category 1 status.
- Baker weakened slightly before making landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama with winds of on August 31.
- Sinlaku weakened slightly before making its final landfall in eastern China near Wenzhou on September 7.
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- The lower jaw and premaxillary have small teeth, the lower jaw is slightly projecting.
- The front facade has a slightly projecting bay; a porch, enclosed in 1905, abuts the projecting bay.
- There is a slightly projecting pavilion with four engaged Ionic columns on the second and third floors.
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- Goat Beach lies below and slightly west of State Route 1.
- North of the Wellington Road the expressway was built slightly west of what is now Silvercreek Parkway.
- The road's pavement ends slightly west of Ruth, although a dirt road continues back near the former site of Riepetown.