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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arrives slightly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that comes or reaches a destination with a minor degree of difference or change, often in terms of time or quantity.
Example: "The train arrives slightly later than scheduled, but we should still make our connection."
Alternatives: "arrives a bit" or "arrives somewhat".
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He arrives slightly flustered.
PES 2016 arrives slightly earlier this time around, and there's no doubt it is a very solid football game.
Information from your eyes or your ears arrives slightly separated by the width of your nose or the space of your head, and the brain, using a variety of cues, computes the distance between the signals and re-creates the three-dimensional space the signals come from.
Blazing red piquillo peppers, simply sautéed in oil and garlic, have a nice sharp bite to them, and a Moorish kebab of grilled chicken marinated in oil, cumin and saffron has a beautifully orchestrated interplay of spices, although the chicken itself lacks flavor and arrives slightly dried out.
For instance, in the case of Ofunato station (northernmost location) the modeled tsunami arrives slightly slower.
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And for the delaying case, there are (77%) arrivals arriving slightly behind the schedule.
Specifically, for the early case, there are over (87%) arrivals arriving slightly ahead of schedule.
We arrived slightly late, at 7.30.
Males tend to arrive slightly sooner than females, and older birds slightly sooner than yearlings.
My wife and I arrived slightly late, which felt horrible, like arriving late to a funeral.
"Grand Central have arrived slightly early on every journey I've made with them.
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