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slightly

 adverb
     
slight‧ly S1 W2
1 a little:
a slightly more powerful engine
slightly higher/lower/better/larger etc
January's sales were slightly better than average.
He was someone I already knew slightly.
a slightly tart flavor
He leaned forward ever so slightly.
2

slightly-built

having a thin and delicate body
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