adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a little/slightly unfair ( also a bit unfair British English spoken )
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You’re being slightly unfair on him.
a little/slightly worried ( also a bit worried British English )
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I was a bit worried about my exams.
a little/somewhat/slightly surprised
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He was a little surprised by her request.
be slightly wounded
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Two people were shot and slightly wounded.
differ slightly
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Prices differ slightly from one shop to another.
it rains slightly/lightly (= a little water comes down )
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It’s raining slightly, but we can still go out.
quite/slightly/completely etc absurd
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It seems quite absurd to expect anyone to drive for 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting.
seriously/badly/slightly etc delayed
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The flight was badly delayed because of fog.
shake slightly
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Adam opened the envelope, his hand shaking slightly.
slightly different
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a slightly different way of doing things
slightly exaggerated
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Roger spoke with a slightly exaggerated American accent.
slightly inferior ( also somewhat inferior formal )
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I always felt slightly inferior to her.
slightly nervous
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Looking slightly nervous, Paul began to speak.
slightly overweight/a little overweight ( also a bit overweight )
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He was tall and slightly overweight.
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He’s a bit overweight, not too much.
slightly ridiculous
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Andrew felt slightly ridiculous carrying the dog.
slightly (= a little )
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Population levels actually began to slightly decrease five years ago.
slightly
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The water temperature had risen slightly.
slightly
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The cooking time may vary slightly depending on your oven.
slightly/a little embarrassed
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Tom looked slightly embarrassed when his name was called out.
slightly/mildly depressed
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He was exhausted and mildly depressed.
smile faintly/slightly (= a little )
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I saw her smile faintly at the memory.
somewhat/slightly excessive (= a little excessive )
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I thought her reaction was somewhat excessive.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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On Silver and Knitmaster standard and fine gauge electronics the setting is slightly different .
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Each has a slightly different take on aging.
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A slightly different principle, which allows solvent flow to take place, forms the basis of the Melab and Knauer models.
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A hard disk is usually built into the computer and is a slightly different form of storage.
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And it had been known, in slightly different circumstances.
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The procedure for testing foods is slightly different for hyperkinetic syndrome.
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Ray Clarke, director of the Tucson Urban League, takes a slightly different view of the issue.
high
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With hands clasped behind and palms facing inwards, raise the arms 35 times, aiming slightly higher with each count.
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Still, the November increase was slightly higher than expected.
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However, inter-bank rates are generally slightly higher and certainly more volatile than rates in the traditional market.
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They produced stable oxygen levels slightly higher than on Earth.
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May I hope, however, that some of your magazine's future escorts might be of a slightly higher intellectual calibre?
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The company expects revenues and gross margins in the fourth quarter to be flat to slightly higher than the just-ended quarter.
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Although the patients in remission showed a slightly higher absorption of PEGs, this rise was not statistically significant.
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He said people earning more than £40,000 or £50,000 could afford slightly higher taxes.
large
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In use the banding clamp is adjusted before gluing to a diameter slightly larger than that of the assembled segments.
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The fruit is slightly larger than the wild strawberry, and it is very pointed.
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Many libraries on a slightly larger scale than this still survive and flourish outside the public library system.
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Reservations are recommended, usually for a maximum of five people although slightly larger groups can be accommodated.
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This proportion is lower than that in chemistry, and reflects a slightly larger spread of values about the mode in geology.
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If you build your jig slightly larger than your posts it will slide up and down more easily.
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It was also a slightly larger organisation than that in London, and certainly a more costly one.
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History records that neither Cold War superpower was much interested in invading this Balkan backwater, which is slightly larger than Maryland.
late
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He was also seen on the same Monday slightly later standing at Crown Point, Martlesham.
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That direct engagement with the space may be compared with a slightly later work by Richard Serra.
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The slightly later and opposing tradition is that of the lexicographer as the objective observer and recorder of language.
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They occur in deposits slightly later than most afropithecins.
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The nose is mutilated; the bust was apparently deliberately buried in late antiquity with a companion piece of slightly later date.
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I was slightly late and, you know with lecture theatres, you usually walk in the bottom and everyone's sitting.
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The lid does not belong and is slightly later in date.
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A coach-house of slightly later vintage served as a double garage.
long
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At this stage there would be no harm in leaving the tenons slightly long .
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It is slightly longer and more expensive, but is nevertheless a viable alternative should the Qatif alignment be politically unfeasible.
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They are slightly longer than half the disk radius.
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He sat down on a sofa which he realised was slightly longer than his cubicle in the lodging house.
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It took him slightly longer to reach her this time - four, maybe five strides.
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You may also need slightly longer for a panel interview.
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The pockets and waistband take slightly longer to dry out completely.
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Peggy is also willing to take orders for slightly longer bags to fit the Elite plus extensions.
low
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The Durava was a considerably smaller caste than the Salagama, and its social status was probably slightly lower .
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London shares recovered from deep early losses to end slightly lower .
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The effect is that all readings are slightly low .
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The Kutchi Rabaris, for example, being a slightly lower sub caste of his own caste, aroused his disapproval.
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The ratio was slightly lower than that achieved by the industry before nationalisation, but it was not markedly out of line with other countries.
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Fees are slightly lower November through April.
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The interim dividend is 2.5p, against 1.75p and earnings were 0.5p higher at 8.2p after a slightly lower tax burden.
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When newly formed along mid-oceanic ridges it is hot and thin and it probably has a slightly lower density.
old
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Lynx games will appeal to kids of slightly older ages.
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She chooses whatever is available, probably a slightly older man with no more money but a steady job.
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As a child, she had been dominated by a slightly older brother.
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He seemed slightly older than she had first imagined.
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In the lowest quartile, the mean age was only slightly older , 74, and 16 percent were men.
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Three-floor club patronized by a slightly older , self-consciously stylish, well-off crowd.
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And if he examined trends in slightly older age groups, he could throw in Alzheimer's disease.
small
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Danske Bank became the largest bank in the Nordic region, with Unibank slightly smaller in terms of overall capital assets.
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The new space will be slightly smaller but the variety of merchandise should stay the same.
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The ventral interradial areas are also covered by spinelets which are slightly smaller than those of the dorsal side.
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This would include babies who are slightly small for gestational age.
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That will certainly mean a slightly smaller , lighter car with an engine of less than the present 6.75 litres.
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A slightly smaller proportion need shopping help, but only 9 percent receive this type of assistance.
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Girls sniff too, although, perhaps a slightly smaller proportion than boys.
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You can get away with slightly smaller units of these than of other Goblins.
well
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They weren't foolproof but it made Sly feel slightly better to flip it on.
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The story is that slightly better eyesight will enable animals to avoid death and find food slightly more effectively.
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It looked a scrappy goal, but slightly better once I had seen what really happened on the telly.
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The outlook for stocks in 1996 is only slightly better , the exchange chief said.
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The next morning Chola seemed to be slightly better but Sigarup, if anything, was worse.
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The Minnesota index did slightly better than the broader market.
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He emerged fifteen minutes later, as he always did, looking only slightly better than he had when he entered.
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The evidence suggests that women are on average slightly better than men at running countries.
■ VERB
fall
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Sales of Guinness fell slightly in a national market which shrank by up to 5 percent.
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Prices are now falling slightly after stringent budget-deficit cuts.
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In fact, employment rose at the New Jersey chains and fell slightly in Pennsylvania.
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And the surface should fall slightly to one side to shed rainwater.
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It falls slightly short of such classic vintages as 1961 and 1982&038;.
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Net cash fell slightly to £2.2m this time from £2.3m last.
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After a couple of years' use the charger's output may fall slightly .
feel
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Throughout it all, there was an undisguised murmur of conversation in the church and Denis felt slightly sick.
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Now he'd organized his life he felt slightly more cheerful, and cheerfulness always made him hungry.
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This was so nearly true that she had the grace to feel slightly ashamed of herself.
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I felt slightly ashamed that my priority was breakfast, but excused it on the grounds that shock probably induced hunger.
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Sara felt slightly sick, but there was no point in wading deeper into the morass.
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Rory had felt slightly sorry for his elder brother, then.
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He even felt slightly awkward sitting out with her in a public place having coffee.
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When he took his hand away still saying nothing, she felt slightly hurt and resentful.
increase
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Despite squeezes on capital expenditure in this sector, total sales did increase slightly to £9.3m from £8.3m in 1991.
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Urinary bilirubin levels are negative since the level of conjugated bilirubin is normal or only slightly increased . 238.
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It may increase slightly but if fertility continues to decline at the present rate that is unlikely.
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Museum financial statements show admissions have increased slightly since 1990, and memberships have increased slowly during the same period.
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Standard Vitara width of 64ins remains unchanged, but height is increased slightly to 67ins.
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Hispanic participation rates increased slightly as well, from 26. 9 percent in 1985 to 34. 4 percent in 1991.
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The numbers of both pupils and teachers have increased slightly since 1984 - the first increase since the early 1970s.
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Although wheat yields would increase slightly , average grain size decreases.
injure
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Fellow guard Andy MacKenzie, 35, was slightly injured .
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Accident: Two people were slightly injured in a collision between two vehicles on the A66 west of Bowes at 9.30 yesterday.
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A policeman was slightly injured when he was struck by falling stones in the Umbrian town of Sellano.
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Only four of the 77 passengers were slightly injured while escaping from the emergency exits but the aircraft was badly damaged.
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They were treated for shock, but were said to be only slightly injured .
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A 23-year-old supermarket employee was slightly injured when he was hit with a heavy instrument just after noon yesterday.
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The friend was injured slightly and was released from the hospital the next day.
look
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If anything, he looks slightly younger than Howard now.
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I said, nodding to Sally and her husband, Bruno, who was looking slightly exasperated at the interruption.
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He stepped back a pace, smiling broadly as he saw the young woman who stood before him, looking slightly surprised.
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Fred always looked slightly surprised when he emerged from the hat, and his expression of annoyed bewilderment delighted the children.
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He looked slightly embarrassed and did not deny that he had.
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The young magistrate did actually look slightly mad.
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This made her look slightly ridiculous and McKillop had to fight back a smile.
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I sat on his left, and had the impression of looking slightly down at him.
rise
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The ground rose slightly , then dipped; after a hundred yards or so a shallow outcrop of rocks hid the house.
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They rose slightly to 28 in 1992, dropped to 26 last year and 18 so far this year, he said.
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But take away the effect of the new council tax and underlying inflation has risen slightly .
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The water temperature had risen slightly , and for a few days we even saw an occasional flying fish.
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The road was beginning to rise slightly , an incline that led to a gentle crest.
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Full-time employment in December rose slightly to 6. 28 million, from 6. 27 million in November.
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Revenue rose slightly to $ 768 million from $ 765. 6 million.
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On the next try, however, the plane rose slightly .
seem
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They just seemed slightly unwholesome now, like used tissues.
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Even to suggest that efforts he made to expand the labor force by increasing the domestic birth rate would seem slightly artful.
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It seemed slightly indecent to listen.
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If his name seems slightly familiar, perhaps you are a backpacker.
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My slight personal acquaintance with the subject of all this discouraging impersonal solemnity seemed slightly ridiculous.
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He seemed slightly embarrassed by it all.
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He even seemed slightly grateful that I had raised the matter.
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When Mark McGwire was 23, he seemed slightly bigger than humans are supposed to get.
vary
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Because games may vary slightly in length you may not start at the exact time given.
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Because bond strengths may differ along the various crystallographic axes, hardness may also vary slightly in direction.
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However, standards do vary slightly , so we give the best rooms to early bookers.
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Goods can be varied slightly and repackaged for local markets throughout the world.
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The promotion aspects of the marketing mix vary slightly between consumer markets and industrial markets.
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The commands a modem understands vary slightly among brands, as do the default settings.
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Still more briefly I have attempted to show that instincts vary slightly in a state of Nature.
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This consisted of drawing on graph paper ten figures of slightly varying geometric size, made up of squares.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a slightly different color
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Florida has a slightly larger population than Illinois.
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He stood for a moment, his body swaying slightly .
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Let the cookies cool slightly before removing them from the baking sheet.
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Lynn's daughter is only slightly older than mine.
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Sean's car is a slightly different colour.
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The temperature had risen slightly , but it was still very cold.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was also seen on the same Monday slightly later standing at Crown Point, Martlesham.
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However, another slightly amended Bill was soon prepared.
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In this tape, a partner demonstrates each pose in a slightly more advanced form.
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Lunch was slightly less raucous than the evening meal, but still enormously popular with the masses.
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She looked red-eyed and white-faced, slightly fearful and anxious.
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Some find the high degree of media hype that has surrounded publication slightly worrying.
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The right panel dangled from its upper hinge, swaying slightly , its rusted hinge producing a soft, musical squeak.