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[ adverb ] to a small degree or extent
Synonyms Examples "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory" "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)If the artist would study his work more thoroughly and move certain units in his design , often only slightly , finer pictures would result . (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)I mean something more like Freud 's concept of the utility of `` play '' to a small child : he plays `` house '' or `` doctor '' or `` fireman '' as a way of mastering slightly frightening experiences , reliving them imaginatively until they are under control . (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)The gradient was about one_half of a millidegree at 4.2 * * f but increased to several millidegrees for bath temperatures slightly greater than the � l point . (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)The position of receptionist was opened in a large office and an announcement was made to the other girls already working that they could apply for this job which had higher prestige and slightly higher salary than typing and clerking positions . (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)The differentiation however is not very_much greater , as shown by the fact that Athabascan shows 3.46 stems per meaning slot as against 2.75 for Yokuts , with a slightly greater number of languages represented in our sample : 24 as against 21 . |
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