The phrase "a slight impression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a subtle or minor effect, feeling, or perception about something or someone.
Example: "After our brief conversation, I was left with a slight impression that he was not entirely honest."
Alternatives: "a faint impression" or "a subtle impression".
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However, she did create a slight impression that she might have been carrying more booze than the Fighting Temeraire.
For even pieces, wait until the toffee is cool enough to hand, but leaves a slight impression if poked with a finger (15- 20 minutes).
The dénouement, which, in classic detective stories, is usually the crucial matter, often makes only a slight impression in the Maigret novels.
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A vocally competent Stanley Wexler made slight impression otherwise as the implacable High Priest.
Perhaps the best amalgamation of Kahane's effectively intricate arrangements and the newly acquired electric guitar sheen occurs on "Last Dance," a melancholic portrait of a new widow, or perhaps an abandoned lover ("She takes her bundle of pills, she poaches her egg and eats it/And feels his slight impression like crushed pillows hold the shape of a body after nights of sleep and shadows").
Mr Johnson also reveals there is a strategy behind his public persona: "As a general tactic in life, it is often useful to give the slight impression that you are deliberately pretending not to know what's going on - because the reality may be that you don't know what's going on, but people won't be able to tell the difference".
"I'm getting the slight impression that we got scared for nothing," Ms. Meyre said.
She was polite and trying hard, but gave off the slight impression of someone being forced to campaign at gun point.
Johnson says: "It is often useful to give the slight impression that you are deliberately pretending not to know what's going on – because the reality may be that you don't know what's going on, but people won't be able to tell the difference".
