adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mildly surprised (= slightly surprised )
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He looked mildly surprised by the question.
mildly (= in a way that is not extreme )
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His theory is controversial, to put it mildly.
mildly/vaguely amusing (= a little amusing, but not very )
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a mildly amusing spectacle
slightly/mildly depressed
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He was exhausted and mildly depressed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
surprised
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He looked up and she was mildly surprised to see that he had a youthful Middle Eastern complexion.
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Lambert felt mildly surprised that he had arrived.
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I walked cautiously towards the body, and noticed that her face looked mildly surprised .
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The driver glanced over and seemed only mildly surprised to see them.
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The house appears mildly surprised but always dignified.
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Polly seems mildly surprised that there aren't any men singing similar lyrics to hers.
■ VERB
feel
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The description seemed close enough to Hebden to make Blanche feel mildly excited.
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He felt mildly exhilarated, which troubled him a little because he couldn't think why.
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Lambert felt mildly surprised that he had arrived.
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Helen shrugged; she felt mildly embarrassed, as if she had overstepped the mark.
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I feel mildly guilty about accepting such hospitality.
look
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But a shop selling only summer-weight clothes in November looked mildly ridiculous.
say
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Father Tim said mildly having saved this piece de resistance for the right moment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Perhaps," she answered mildly .
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McKee was only mildly interested.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the depth of the dislike of the Tory leadership surprised everybody, to put it mildly .
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Flux can be mildly irritating so avoid getting it into cuts or grazes.
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He had inherited it as an agreeable but mildly onerous responsibility, together with her considerable fortune.
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His manner was mildly flirtatious and he had a tendency to glance in my direction, showing off, I suspect.
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She realised that he hadn't ever responded to her first mildly scolding words as they left the Hamiltons'.
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Thornton also stars as a mildly retarded man who returns to his hometown after 25 years in a mental institution.
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Tomorrow's Woman was mildly enthusiastic about a proposed series of astrological interviews with celebrities from all walks of life.