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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a relatively slight" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is minor or not significant in comparison to other factors or elements.
Example: "The changes made to the design resulted in a relatively slight improvement in user experience."
Alternatives: "a somewhat minor" or "a fairly small".
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Offstage, Rylance is a relatively slight man with delicate features.
It's a relatively slight drama, in terms of plot at least, despite the soapy-sounding affairs that bind it together.
The public's concern may be limited to a single feature of the business, so that the needed protection can be secured by a relatively slight degree of regulation.
Mr. Vande Velde, a relatively slight 5 feet 11 inches and 150 pounds, maintained an average of 470 watts in the 10-minute Georgia time trial.
"We're concerned about it, even though it is a relatively small number of cases and a relatively slight increase," said Dr. Ronald O. Valdiserri, a C.D.C. expert in sexually transmitted diseases.
"This is the most sweeping deprivation of privacy and First Amendment rights I've ever seen in a subpoena, on the basis of what appears to be a relatively slight legal infraction, the publication of the sheriff's address," Mr. Bolick said.
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As a rule, relatively slight differences in wording cause significant variations in response only when the opinions people hold are not firm.
Nevertheless, such a trend is relatively slight under low rates and can be attributed to viscous effects mainly originating from the presence of water in the pore structure.
Yields were much larger in Experiment 2, averaging 8.89 t ha−1 from wheats grown after a break but, despite relatively slight take-all, were about a tonne per hectare less from wheat after wheat (7.74 t ha−1).
Mainly, though, BellSouth is a beneficiary of the relatively slight impact of local telephone competition in the United States to date.
Bloomberg News reporters complain frequently about the lack of a widely read platform for their storytelling, a reality highlighted by the relatively slight day-to-day attention paid to the mayor's own foray into opinion journalism, Bloomberg View, which appears on the Bloomberg terminals and Web site.
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