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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hands slightly" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a subtle or minor adjustment or position of the hands in various contexts, such as in instructions or descriptions of physical actions. Example: "She held the book with her hands slightly apart to get a better view of the pages."
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Start with your hands slightly narrower than shoulder width apart and in line with your chest.
Just bend your knees and place your hands slightly above your knees.
When Martinez was asked that day if he would give the Yankees a hometown discount, he raised his hands slightly and shrugged, postured like a man standing in the rain.
There's a great portrait of Benjamin Fondane by the surrealist photographer Man Ray on the front cover: Fondane looks down towards his cupped hands, slightly above which floats his dismembered head looking at us, or the camera.
Mr. Fou likes to separate the hands slightly for melodic emphasis in the old-fashioned way, and he always has time to draw out phrases and create pregnant silences.
Hernández threw a fastball up and in, Hunter began turning his body as if to swing, and when the ball bounced away from the knob of Hunter's bat, the home plate umpire, Hunter Wendelstedt, raised his hands slightly, appearing to indicate a foul ball.
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Sehorn nudged his hand slightly downward.
One of her arms is bent, hand slightly forward and upraised, at the elbow.
He lost one ski and a pole, and cut his hand slightly, presumably on a branch.
"I noticed Amantle running when she was... ...... he paused, then raised his hand slightly above his waist.
Drawn with brush point on blue paper, this slim but shapely limb is bent at the elbow and supports a supple hand slightly curved around an apple.
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